Meaning: Cherry blossom in one Japanese spelling
The story
One Japanese spelling of Sakura, 桜, uses the character for cherry blossom. The meaning depends on the kanji a family chooses; the same spoken name can have other written forms.
Nicknames
- Saki
Spellings & variants
- Sakurako
Popularity
Uncommon
Outside the US top 1,000.
Style
Origins
Sakura comes from Japanese.
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