Hideki

Japanese
"bright tree"

Hideki Origin and Meaning

The name Hideki is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning "bright tree".

As well as Japanese physicist Hideki Yukawa, two Yankees ballplayers, Hideki Irabu and Hideki Matsui, made this name familiar to Americans.

Famous People Named Hideki

  • Hideki Tojo
    Prime Minister of Japan
  • Hideki Yukawa
    Japanese theoretical physicist and Nobel prize winner
  • Hideki Shirakawa
    winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry

Hideki in Pop Culture

  • Hideki Motosuwa
    from the anime Chobits
  • Hideki Hinata
    character from "Angel Beats"