Yuji

Locally spelled 유지 in KR South Korea.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.

Yuji is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Portuguese given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Philippines, Argentina

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Yūji, Yu-Ji, Yüji

• English given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Philippines

  Languages: English, Dutch

  Also written Yūji, Yu-Ji, Yûji

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Yūji, Yŭji, Yûji, Yu-Ji

43 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Yuji is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Korean, alternative form of 유지 (yuji, “retention”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In zor, scratch

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

• Yūji Ōnob. 1941JPJapanese composer, arranger, and jazz pianist (1941-2026)
• Guts Ishimatsub. 1949JPnot in their usual nameJapanese boxer
• Yūji Mitsuyab. 1954JPJapanese actor, voice actor, director of audiography, voice director and sound supervisor
• Yuji Horiib. 1954JPJapanese video game designer
• Shōta Shunpūteib. 1959JPnot in their usual nameJapanese Rakugoka
• Yūji Tanakab. 1965JPJapanese owarai talent, television presenter and essayist (1965-)
• Yūji Uedab. 1967JPJapanese actor, voice actor and singer
• Yūji Odab. 1967JPJapanese actor and singer
• Yūji Kishib. 1970JPJapanese actor and voice actor (born 1970)
• Yuji Nakazawab. 1978JPJapanese association football player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Yuji mean, and where does it come from?

‘Second male’; ‘courageous second [son]’. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

How do you pronounce Yuji?

In Portuguese /juʒi/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Yuji a male or female name?

Yuji is a male name. National registers that list it by sex list it as male: United States (Census Bureau, 2020) and Brazil (IBGE, 2022).

In which country does Yuji have the most bearers?

Mondonomo estimates about 180 thousand people named Yuji in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yuji.

How common is the name Yuji?

In the United States, the national register counted 841 people named Yuji in 2020, about 1 in 396 thousand residents.

How common is Yuji compared with other names?

In Japan, Yuji is the 51st most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.