At a Glance
- Meaning
- Traditional name for the sixth lunar month (roughly June); refers to the month, not the moon
- Origin
- Japanese
- Pronunciation
- mee-nah-ZOO-kee
Minazuki is a Japanese name meaning “traditional name for the sixth lunar month (roughly June); refers to the month, not the moon”. It appears in our list of 175+ Baby Names That Mean Moon — Dreamy, Luminous, and Deeply Rooted.
Meaning & Origin of Minazuki
Meaning: Traditional name for the sixth lunar month (roughly June); refers to the month, not the moon.
Origin: Japanese.
A common claim: Often glossed as meaning 'water moon.' Actually: The character read here means 'month,' not 'moon' -- 'water moon' conflates the two senses of 月. The more accurate gloss is 'the sixth lunar month' (June), with scholarly disagreement over whether it means 'without water' or 'month of water'.
How to Pronounce Minazuki
mee-nah-ZOO-keeIPA /minazɯki/
Popularity of Minazuki
Minazuki doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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