Seijun as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Seijun

What is the meaning of the name Seijun ?

The baby name Seijun is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced Japanese IPA: [seːd͡ʑɯɴ]; approximate English respelling: 'SAY-joon' (SEY-jun).

Seijun is Japanese in Origin.

Seijun is a Japanese given name built from Sino-Japanese morphemes sei and jun, with meaning determined by kanji choice. Common pairings include 清順 (“clear, orderly”), 清純 (“pure, chaste”), 清潤 (“pure, refreshing/lustrous”), 聖潤 (“sacred, gracious”), 正順 (“upright, compliant”), and 星潤 (“star, lustrous”). It may also be written in kana (せいじゅん/セイジュン). Pronounced roughly SAY-joon, it is used for all genders but has historically skewed masculine.

Documented since the early 20th century, Seijun remains uncommon yet culturally recognizable, thanks in part to the influential filmmaker Seijun Suzuki (鈴木清順, 1923–2017). Its virtuous components - sei “pure/holy/correct” and jun “pure/obedient/enriching” - give the name a serene, refined tone associated with clarity and sincerity. Variant renderings include hyphenated Sei-jun and alternative kanji spellings; related names drawing on the same elements are Seiji, Jun, and Junsei.

⚙ Seijun is vanishingly rare. We count just 11 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 6 countries.