Ichiyo
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady
Meaning
“Japanese for one leaf; famously borne by Ichiyo Higuchi, who took the name at nineteen and became the first prominent woman writer of modern Japan.”
Popularity, 1890–2024
Ichiyo does not appear in US Social Security baby-name records, which list only names given to at least five babies in a year. There is no popularity curve to chart: a genuinely rare pick.
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