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Japanese girl(female) nameSetsu
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  • Gender:Female
  • Hiraganatip:せつ
  • Katakanatip:セツ
  • English Syllablestip:se-tsu (2)
  • Japanese Moraetip:se-tsu (2)
  • English transcriptionstip:Setsu
  • Nickname examplestip:

    Setchan(せっちゃん)Click to speech せっちゃんTsukuchan( つくちゃん)Click to speech  つくちゃんSetsupon( せつぽん)Click to speech  せつぽん

This name is considered unisex, but it's more commonly used for boys. Japanese boy(male) nameSee the boys' version here.

This name is also used as a surname: Family name / Last nameSetsu

Kanji Names & Meanings - 9 variations

In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. The more variations of kanji a name has, the more common it is in Japan. Conversely, a name with very few kanji variations is considered unique and rare. Below are the kanji variations for "Setsu," ranked by the total number of "Good!" votes.

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- Setsu -

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means "snow, purify."

Name ideas examples

  • Snow - Snow represents purity, silence, and the beauty of enduring harsh conditions with grace. May your child embody snow's purity, remaining pristine despite life's challenges.

  • Purify - Purity represents clarity, cleanliness, and uncorrupted goodness. May your child maintain a pure heart and clear conscience.

- Setsu -

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means "joint, node, season."

Name ideas examples

  • Joint - Joints connect separate parts, enabling flexibility, movement, and unified action. May your child be a connector of people, bringing disparate parts together harmoniously.

  • Node - The node represents intersection, connection points, and structured growth. May your child connect meaningfully.

  • Season - Seasons teach us about cycles, timing, and the wisdom of accepting change. May your child embrace all of life's seasons, finding purpose in each phase.

  • Connecting Points - Connection represents the bonds that link people, ideas, and communities together. May your child connect deeply with others, building bridges of understanding.

  • Divisions - Divisions - Divisions of a poem or writing - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of divisions throughout life.

  • Festival - Being festival represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be festival, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Knots - Speed represents efficiency, responsiveness, and seizing opportunities. May your child act swiftly when needed and patiently when appropriate.

  • Moderation - Moderation represents a significant process or state. May your child understand and embody the meaning of moderation.

  • Musical Instruments - Music transcends language, touching the soul and expressing what words cannot. May your child's life be like music—touching souls and expressing the inexpressible.

  • Principle - Goodness and virtue form the foundation of a meaningful life. May your child embody goodness and cultivate virtue throughout life.

  • Rules - Ruling represents responsible authority, justice, and ordered governance. May your child rule themselves first, then lead others with justice.

  • Saving - Saving represents active engagement and purposeful effort. May your child engage in saving with purpose and skill.

  • Section - Writing preserves thought, enables communication, and spans time. May your child write their story well and read widely.

  • Signs - Signs - Signs, symbols, or stamps - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of signs throughout life.

  • Time Periods - Time is precious and irreplaceable, the medium through which life unfolds. May your child use time wisely, treasuring each moment as the gift it is.

- Setsu -

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means "take in, act for, combine."

Name ideas examples

  • Take in - Taking represents receiving with gratitude and claiming what is rightfully one's own. May your child receive graciously and claim their rightful place with confidence.

  • Act for - Act For represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the act for's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Combine - Combining represents synthesis, bringing together, and creating wholes. May your child combine diverse elements into harmonious wholes.

  • Carry, Hold - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Govern - Governance represents ordered rule, wise administration, and care for those led. May your child govern themselves first, then lead others with wisdom and care.

  • Include, Accept - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Intervene, Be Intervened - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Replace, Act on Behalf - Places hold meaning, memory, and the context for our lives. May your child find their place in the world and make it better.

  • Take, Acquire - Taking represents receiving with gratitude and claiming what is rightfully one's own. May your child receive graciously and claim their rightful place with confidence.

セツ- Setsu -

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Uses phonetic hiragana/katakana characters without inherent meaning.

means "world, generation, life."

Name ideas examples

  • World - The world represents the entirety of existence, global connection, and universal perspective. May your child embrace the whole world, thinking globally while acting locally.

  • Generation - Each generation builds upon the last while creating something new. May your child honor past generations while contributing to the future.

  • Life - Life is the precious gift, the journey of experiences that shapes who we become. May your child live fully, treasuring every moment of this precious gift.

  • Society - Circles represent wholeness, cycles, and completeness. May your child experience life's full circle with grace.

  • Succession - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

means "port, ferry crossing, fluid."

  • Port - A harbor for ships.

  • Ferry Crossing - A place to cross water.

  • Fluid - Body liquids like saliva.

  • Clue, Guide - A hint or indication that can be used to lead someone in the right direction.

  • Moisture - Water that seeps, gushes, overflows, or moistens something.

Name ideas examples

  • Port - Port - A harbor for ships - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of port throughout life.

  • Ferry Crossing - The ferry crossing represents transition, helpful passage, and guided journey. May your child be helped across life's waters.

  • Fluid - Fluid - Body liquids like saliva - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fluid throughout life.

  • Clue, Guide - Directions guide us on our journey, helping us find our way. May your child always find their direction in life.

  • Moisture - Moisture represents subtle nourishment, gentle sustenance, and pervasive blessing. May your child receive pervasive blessings.

means "world, generation, life."

Name ideas examples

  • World - The world represents the entirety of existence, global connection, and universal perspective. May your child embrace the whole world, thinking globally while acting locally.

  • Generation - Each generation builds upon the last while creating something new. May your child honor past generations while contributing to the future.

  • Life - Life is the precious gift, the journey of experiences that shapes who we become. May your child live fully, treasuring every moment of this precious gift.

  • Society - Circles represent wholeness, cycles, and completeness. May your child experience life's full circle with grace.

  • Succession - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

means "capital, metropolis, elegant."

Name ideas examples

  • Capital - Being capital represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be capital, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Metropolis - Metropolis - A large, important city; an urban center - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of metropolis throughout life.

  • Elegant - Elegance represents refined beauty, grace, and the sophisticated simplicity of good taste. May your child possess elegance in manner and spirit, graceful and refined.

  • All - All represents completeness, wholeness, and embracing the totality of existence. May your child embrace all of life—its joys and sorrows—with a whole and complete heart.

  • Big Town - Bigness represents generosity, capacity, and the ability to embrace much. May your child have a big heart, with generous capacity to embrace all of life.

  • Emperor's Palace - The emperor represents divine authority, cultural continuity, and national unity. May your child possess noble bearing and the wisdom to lead others with dignity.

  • Everyone - Everyone - All people or everyone - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of everyone throughout life.

  • Gather - Gathering represents community, bringing people and resources together for common purpose. May your child have the gift of gathering people together in friendship and cooperation.

  • Graceful and Beautiful - Grace represents elegance in movement and character, the refinement of a cultivated spirit. May your child move through life with grace, elegant in action and refined in spirit.

  • To Rule - Ruling represents responsible authority, justice, and ordered governance. May your child rule themselves first, then lead others with justice.

  • Tokyo - Tokyo - Abbreviation for Tokyo Metropolis - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of tokyo throughout life.

勢津- Setsu -

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means "force, vigor, situation."

Name ideas examples

  • Force - Strength represents resilience, capability, and the power to overcome. May your child develop strength of body, mind, and character.

  • Vigor - Vigor represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the vigor's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Situation - Situation represents a significant process or state. May your child understand and embody the meaning of situation.

  • Activity, Vitality - Activity/Vitality - The state or quality of being active or energetic - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of activity/vitality throughout life.

  • Army - Age brings wisdom, experience, and connection to the past. May your child respect what is old and learn from history.

  • Form, Appearance - Form represents shape, structure, and the visible expression of inner essence. May your child give beautiful form to their ideas, expressing their inner essence.

  • Group, Number - Groups represent community, belonging, and the strength found in numbers. May your child find their group, belonging to communities of purpose and support.

means "port, ferry crossing, fluid."

  • Port - A harbor for ships.

  • Ferry Crossing - A place to cross water.

  • Fluid - Body liquids like saliva.

  • Clue, Guide - A hint or indication that can be used to lead someone in the right direction.

  • Moisture - Water that seeps, gushes, overflows, or moistens something.

Name ideas examples

  • Port - Port - A harbor for ships - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of port throughout life.

  • Ferry Crossing - The ferry crossing represents transition, helpful passage, and guided journey. May your child be helped across life's waters.

  • Fluid - Fluid - Body liquids like saliva - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fluid throughout life.

  • Clue, Guide - Directions guide us on our journey, helping us find our way. May your child always find their direction in life.

  • Moisture - Moisture represents subtle nourishment, gentle sustenance, and pervasive blessing. May your child receive pervasive blessings.

瀬津- Setsu -

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means "shallows, rapids, position."

Name ideas examples

  • Shallows - The shallows represent accessible depth, careful wading, and gradual entry. May your child enter gradually and carefully.

  • Rapids - The rapids represent exciting challenge, navigating turbulence, and skilled passage. May your child navigate rapids skillfully.

  • Position - Places hold meaning, memory, and the context for our lives. May your child find their place in the world and make it better.

means "port, ferry crossing, fluid."

  • Port - A harbor for ships.

  • Ferry Crossing - A place to cross water.

  • Fluid - Body liquids like saliva.

  • Clue, Guide - A hint or indication that can be used to lead someone in the right direction.

  • Moisture - Water that seeps, gushes, overflows, or moistens something.

Name ideas examples

  • Port - Port - A harbor for ships - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of port throughout life.

  • Ferry Crossing - The ferry crossing represents transition, helpful passage, and guided journey. May your child be helped across life's waters.

  • Fluid - Fluid - Body liquids like saliva - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fluid throughout life.

  • Clue, Guide - Directions guide us on our journey, helping us find our way. May your child always find their direction in life.

  • Moisture - Moisture represents subtle nourishment, gentle sustenance, and pervasive blessing. May your child receive pervasive blessings.

瀬都- Setsu -

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means "shallows, rapids, position."

Name ideas examples

  • Shallows - The shallows represent accessible depth, careful wading, and gradual entry. May your child enter gradually and carefully.

  • Rapids - The rapids represent exciting challenge, navigating turbulence, and skilled passage. May your child navigate rapids skillfully.

  • Position - Places hold meaning, memory, and the context for our lives. May your child find their place in the world and make it better.

means "capital, metropolis, elegant."

Name ideas examples

  • Capital - Being capital represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be capital, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Metropolis - Metropolis - A large, important city; an urban center - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of metropolis throughout life.

  • Elegant - Elegance represents refined beauty, grace, and the sophisticated simplicity of good taste. May your child possess elegance in manner and spirit, graceful and refined.

  • All - All represents completeness, wholeness, and embracing the totality of existence. May your child embrace all of life—its joys and sorrows—with a whole and complete heart.

  • Big Town - Bigness represents generosity, capacity, and the ability to embrace much. May your child have a big heart, with generous capacity to embrace all of life.

  • Emperor's Palace - The emperor represents divine authority, cultural continuity, and national unity. May your child possess noble bearing and the wisdom to lead others with dignity.

  • Everyone - Everyone - All people or everyone - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of everyone throughout life.

  • Gather - Gathering represents community, bringing people and resources together for common purpose. May your child have the gift of gathering people together in friendship and cooperation.

  • Graceful and Beautiful - Grace represents elegance in movement and character, the refinement of a cultivated spirit. May your child move through life with grace, elegant in action and refined in spirit.

  • To Rule - Ruling represents responsible authority, justice, and ordered governance. May your child rule themselves first, then lead others with justice.

  • Tokyo - Tokyo - Abbreviation for Tokyo Metropolis - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of tokyo throughout life.

Real Persons

The list contains people mentioned in Wikipedia. All JP links are in Japanese only. Sorry!

  • 伊藤Itō セツSetsu Japanese researcher of home economics and women's studies. Served as the secretary of ''Shakai Sēsaku Gakkai'', aka the Society for Social Policy. (1939- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 朝倉Asakura Setsu Japanese painter (1922-2014) wikipedia page linkJP

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