Gender: Masculine & Feminine
Usage: Japanese
Scripts 昭, 明, 亮, 晶, etc.(Japanese Kanji)あきら(Japanese Hiragana)
Meaning
From Japanese 昭 (akira) meaning “bright”, 明 (akira) meaning “bright” or 亮 (akira) meaning “clear”. Other kanji with the same pronunciation can also form this name. A famous bearer was the Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), given name written 明.