Given name
Yukie
“woman of the snow”·“man of the snow; one who is lucky”
Yukie is a variant of Yuki. Interpretations include “woman of the snow” (Japanese) and “man of the snow; one who is lucky” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Yukie is a variant of Yuki. Interpretations include “woman of the snow” (Japanese) and “man of the snow; one who is lucky” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Yukie is a variant of Yuki. An origin associated with Yuki is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yukie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 243
- 0 boys · 243 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 642 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yukie’s family of names
Yukie has a related form in Yuki. In Japanese usage, Yukie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 千絵. In Japanese usage, Yukie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 幸恵.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Yukie
- Yukie NakamaJapanese actress, singer and former idolborn 1979
- Yukie ChiriJapanese transcriber, translator1903–1922
- Yukie KawamuraJapanese gravure idol, tarento and actressborn 1986
- Yukie OzekiJapanese table tennis playerborn 2000
- Yukie NishimuraJapanese musicianborn 1967
- Yukie NakayamaJapanese sports shooterborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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