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(Main) gender: Male
Pronunciation: tah-ke-khee-ro [tà.ké̞.çì.ɾò̞]
Etymology and/or ways to write:
This name is most commonly written as 雄大, made up of the kanji 雄 meaning “male” and 大 meaning “big, large.”
Regarding its overall make-up, the first element is derived mainly from the stem 猛/武 (take) which refers to bravery and ferocity with other related kanji including 健 meaning “healthy,” 毅, 剛 or 壮, the last three having meanings related to strength and hardiness. It can also be derived from 丈 (take) meaning “height, stature” or 岳 (take) meaning “peak; mountain” (both cognates) and also 竹 (take) which means “bamboo.”
As for the second element, it is derived from the stem of adjective 広(廣)/弘/宏い (hiroi) meaning “spacious, vast, wide” (as a name, also written as 博, 浩, 裕, 紘, etc.) with other related kanji in use including 洋 meaning “ocean, sea,” 寛 meaning “broadminded,” so on and so forth.
Popularity:
Though it had been used as an adulthood name among the upper class before the Meiji period (1868-1912) (see two examples here), it wasn’t until around the 1920s that it started seeing an increase in usage, albeit staying stagnant for a time afterwards until the 1960s. It peaked in popularity in the 1980s and early 1990s with percentage levels at one point being close to 0.2% (not in top 100 but close) before dropping back down again with percentage levels staying at 0.02% or below since the late 2000s.
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