Yoshitsune Name meanings & History

Yoshitsune is a Japanese baby name which means "obedient" or "good" (Yoshi) and "child" (Tsune). From Japanese 義 (yoshi) meaning "righteous" and 経 (tsune) meaning "elapse, pass through". Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159–1188), or simply Minamoto Yoshitsune, was a military commander of the Minamoto clan of Japan in the late Heian and early Kamakura periods. Yoshitsune is primarily used as a boy's name in Japan and is most commonly given to babies born during the Shōwa period (1926-1989).

Zodiac Sign of Yoshitsune: Yin/Yang Capricorn

Synonyms of Yoshitsune:

Y: Youth-giving,Yin/Yang,Yen/money

O: Obsolete,Organized,Obsessive,Ostentatious,Obstinate

S: Status,Sensuality,Sex,Social Standing,Success,Solidity,Security

H: Hope,Hobnobbing,Heart's Desire,Hyper,Haggle

I: Involved,Indulgence,Intimate

T: Testy,Touchy,Truth,Doubting Thomas,Tacky,Tireless,Talkative

U: Utopia,Universality,Unity,Undermining,Understanding

N: Nervous,Nutrition,Nitpicking,Nagging,Nice,Neurosis,Neat

E: Environment,Entertain,Enlighten,Exaggerate,Enliven,Expressive

Yoshitsune is:

• a Common name
• a Formal name
• a Refined name

Famous People

The most famous person with the name Yoshitsune is undoubtedly the legendary warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159-1189), who is remembered as one of Japan's greatest samurai warriors. Other notable figures with the name include Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura (a Kabuki play character) and Yoshitsune-no-Minamoto (a Japanese film character).