あぐり

Japanese

Etymology

After previous births of female children, a name given to a female child in the hope that she will be the last female child and next will be a male child. Later, by extension, a name given to either male or female children to express that he or she will be the last child. Etymology is unknown, but dialectal forms equivalent to afuru (“overflow”) and amari (“surplus”) have been proposed.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /aɡuri/

Proper noun

あぐり (romaji aguri)

1. Aguri, a female Japanese given name

See also

• すえ (sue)
• すて (sute)
• とめ (tome)