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Zenjirou

Quick answerZenjirou (善二郎) combines the kanji 善 (zen, meaning "good" or "virtuous") with 二 (ni, meaning "two") and 郎 (rou, a masculine suffix), thus meaning "good second son" with roots in Classical Chinese and Japanese naming conventions.

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Syllables3
OriginJapanese
LanguageJapanese
CultureJapanese
Letters8
Numerology1 Chaldean 7

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About the name Zenjirou

Zenjirou (善二郎) combines the kanji 善 (zen, meaning "good" or "virtuous") with 二 (ni, meaning "two") and 郎 (rou, a masculine suffix), thus meaning "good second son" with roots in Classical Chinese and Japanese naming conventions.

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Zenjirou (善二郎) combines the kanji 善 (zen, meaning "good" or "virtuous") with 二 (ni, meaning "two") and 郎 (rou, a masculine suffix), thus meaning "good second son" with roots in Classical Chinese and Japanese naming conventions. The name is exclusively Japanese and reflects a traditional naming practice common among samurai and merchant families during the Edo and Meiji periods, where birth order was often incorporated into male names.

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