Yui
Yui is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning To bind; gentleness.
What Yui means
To bind; gentleness.
Yui is short — 3 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Yui comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Yui is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Yui?
Yui does not currently chart in the top 100 girl names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Yui
Yui sits in our Gentle group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Gentle
Names like Yui
These share Yui's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Yuna — Gentle; lotus.
- Chifuyu — Tenderness.
- Yuto — Gentle and superior.
- Delilah — Delicate.
- Adina — Delicate; noble.
- Anuhea — Cool, soft fragrance.
- Caoimhe — Gentle, beautiful and precious.
- Clementine — Mild and merciful.
- Dalia — Grapevine; gentle.
- Damaris — Gentle; a calf.
- Famke — Little girl.
- Fawn — A young deer; gentle.