Satsuki
Satsuki is a traditional Japanese name for the month of May (五月). It is commonly used as a feminine given name and, more rarely, as a surname or a masculine name.
| Pronunciation | [satsɯki] | 
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex | 
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese | 
| Meaning | Different depending on the kanji used | 
| Region of origin | Japan | 
| Other names | |
| Related names | Yayoi | 
Possible writings
    
Satsuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
- Either as a given name or surname
 
- 五月, "May"
 - 早月, "early moon/month"
 - 皐月, "swamp/shore", "moon/month"
 - 皐, "swamp/shore"
 
- As a given name only
 
- 咲月, "blossom", "moon/month"
 - 沙月, "sand", "moon/month"
 - 幸希, "happiness", "rare/hope"
 
The given name can also be written in hiragana (さつき) or katakana (サツキ).
People
    
- Given name
 
- Satsuki (musician) (砂月), ex-member of the group Rentrer en Soi, now a solo artist
 - Satsuki Eda (五月), Japanese politician
 - Satsuki Igarashi (寒月), member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp
 - Satsuki Katayama (さつき), Japanese representative
 - Satsuki Muramoto (小月), Japanese figure skater
 - Satsuki Yukino (五月), Japanese voice actress
 
- Surname
 
- Keisuke Satsuki (皐月 啓左, born 1941), Japanese water polo player
 - Midori Satsuki (五月), a Japanese actress
 
Fictional characters
    
- Satsuki Kusakabe (サツキ), a main character of the 1988 animated film My Neighbor Totoro
 - Satsuki Miyanoshita (さつき), a character in the 2000 anime Ghost Stories
 - Satsuki, name of one of the doll agents in Street Fighter Alpha 3
 - Satsuki Kitaouji (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series Strawberry 100% (Ichigo 100%)
 - Satsuki Yotsuba (五月), a character in the manga and anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
 - Satsuki Yumiduka (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series Tsukihime
 - Satsuki Shinomiya, a character from the game series Uta no Prince-sama
 - Satsuki, a character from the manga and anime series InuYasha
 - Satsuki Yatouji (颯姫), a character from the manga and anime series X
 - Satsuki Ichinose (皐), a character in the manga Nana
 - Satsuki Iranami, character in the fangame dra serie based on danganronpa games
 - Satsuki Shindō (咲月), a male character in the manga Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume
 - Satsuki Shishio, a main character of Hirunaka no Ryūsei
 - Satsuki Momoi (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series Kuroko's Basketball
 - Satsuki Kiryuin (皐月), a main supporting character in the anime Kill la Kill
 - Satsuki Hyoudou, a character in the manga and anime series Maid Sama!
 - Satsuki Kururugi, a character in the video game and anime I-Chu
 
See also
    
- Satsuki azalea, a cultivar group of azaleas
 - Satsuki Shō, a Japanese domestic Grade 1 flat horse race
 - Japanese destroyer Satsuki, two destroyers of Japan
 - Japanese calendar
 
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