Hideya (ひでや)

Hideya is read ひでや and has 3 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 偉也, 英哉 and 英也. All three are masculine.

Reading

ひ·で·や (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Hideya

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 偉也
    ひでや
    Masculine

    Great

    • 偉(ひで)— great
    • 也(や)— chosen for sound
  • 英哉
    ひでや
    Masculine

    Outstanding

    • 英(ひで)— outstanding
    • 哉(や)— chosen for sound
  • 英也
    ひでや
    Masculine

    Outstanding

    • 英(ひで)— outstanding
    • 也(や)— chosen for sound

The kanji in Hideya

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 也chosen for sound2 spellings
  • 英outstanding2 spellings
  • 偉great1 spelling
  • 哉chosen for sound1 spelling

Hideya with common surnames

Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.

Names that sound similar

Names that start or end with the same sounds.

Hideto (ひでと)Hideyoshi (ひでよし)Hidekazu (ひでかず)Hideharu (ひではる)

Hideya on our lists

Topic pages that include a spelling of this name.

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Questions about Hideya

Is Hideya a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Hideya is masculine.

What does Hideya mean?

Hideya is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 偉也 reads as "great", 英哉 reads as "outstanding" and 英也 reads as "outstanding". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Hideya be written in kanji?

Our data lists 3: 偉也, 英哉 and 英也. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Hideya?

ひでや is 3 beats: ひ · で · や. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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