The baby name Bunji is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /bun-dʒi/ (English: BUN-jee); Japanese: [bɯndʑi] (approx. 'boon-jee').
Bunji is Japanese in Origin.
The baby name Bunji is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced /bun-dʒi/ (English: BUN-jee); Japanese: [bɯndʑi] (approx. 'boon-jee').
Bunji is Japanese in Origin.
Bunji is a Japanese masculine name with roots in the Sino-Japanese lexicon and flexible kanji spellings. It also titles the Bunji era (文治, 1185–1190) at the dawn of the Kamakura shogunate, which helped keep the name familiar. As a given name it appears in records from the Edo and Meiji periods, later acquiring a retro, scholarly tone and seeing occasional modern revival.
Meaning varies by characters: common choices include 文治 (“cultured governance”), 文次 (“literary, next/second son”), or 文慈 (“culture” + “compassion”). Other possible buns use 分 (“portion”) while the ji element is often 次 (“next”) or 治 (“govern/heal”). Related forms include Bunjirō/Bunjirou (文次郎, “Bunji” + “son”) and nicknames like Bun-chan. Romanization may appear as Bunzi in Kunrei-shiki. Outside Japan, bunji in Australian English is a loanword meaning “mate” from Aboriginal languages, which sometimes informs its friendly contemporary appeal.
Bunji is far from common. We count 27 recorded uses of it across 6 countries.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | Boys | 0 | #298 | 6 | 7,909 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #552 | 9 | 11,671 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #571 | 5 | 12,054 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #925 | 1 | 15,035 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,236 | 1 | 25,928 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,271 | 2 | 25,619 |
Bunji is popular in 6 countries — most recent births per country:
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