Given name & surname
Yuki
“woman of the snow”·“man of the snow; one who is lucky”
Yuki is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “woman of the snow” (Japanese) and “man of the snow; one who is lucky” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Japanese悠紀
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “woman of the snow” (Japanese) and “man of the snow; one who is lucky” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yuki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,634
- 567 boys · 1,067 girls
- Most popular year
- 2004
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 37
- #5,399 for girls · #6,790 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 24 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,399 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 2004. It also appeared in 13 birth records for boys in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (10). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,495 as a first name in 2020; 190 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yuki’s family of names
Yuki has a related form in Yukiko. Yuki has a related form in Yukie. Yuki has a related form in Yukio.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yukikovariant
- Yukiovariant
- Yukievariant
- Yukkilikely variant
- Yokikovariant
- Yokivariant
- Yokiovariant
- Yukeevariant
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Spellings & scripts 51
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 悠紀original script · Japanese
- 雪葵original script · Japanese
- 雪妃original script · Japanese
- 雪樹original script · Japanese
- 雪紀original script · Japanese
- 雪季original script · Japanese
- 雪希original script · Japanese
- 雪姫original script · Japanese
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- 結姫original script · Japanese
- 有姫original script · Japanese
- 憂姫original script · Japanese
- 悠姫original script · Japanese
- 幸姫original script · Japanese
- 夢姫original script · Japanese
- 唯姫original script · Japanese
- 幸貴original script · Japanese
- 優貴original script · Japanese
- 侑貴original script · Japanese
- 佑貴original script · Japanese
- 郁紀original script · Japanese
- ゆ姫original script · Japanese
- 由姫original script · Japanese
- 柚姫original script · Japanese
- 夕姫original script · Japanese
- 友姫original script · Japanese
- 冬姫original script · Japanese
- 優姫original script · Japanese
- 佑姫original script · Japanese
- 夕貴original script · Japanese
- 由紀original script · Japanese
- 由希original script · Japanese
- 由貴original script · Japanese
- 由葵original script · Japanese
- 右気original script · Japanese
- 結樹original script · Japanese
- 結宜original script · Japanese
- 結紀original script · Japanese
- 結季original script · Japanese
- 結希original script · Japanese
- 結喜original script · Japanese
- 迪希original script · Japanese
- 央希original script · Japanese
- 弓貴original script · Japanese
- 結葵original script · Japanese
- ゆきoriginal script · Japanese
- 結貴original script · Japanese
- 友貴original script · Japanese
- 友紀original script · Japanese
- 志original script · Japanese
- 雪original script · Japanese
- 行original script
People named Yuki
- Yuki SakaiJapanese association football player (born 1989)
- Yuki YokosawaJapanese judokaborn 1980
- Yuki KashiwagiJapanese gravure idol, model, actress, YouTuber (1991-)
- Yuki MiyazawaJapanese basketball player (born 1993)
- Yuki UrushibaraJapanese mangakaborn 1974
- Yuki UchidaJapanese actor, former idolborn 1975
- YukiJapanese singer (1972-)
- Yuki FukushimaJapanese badminton playerborn 1993
- Yuki MatsuokaJapanese actress, voice actress and narratorborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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