Satsuki is a traditional Japanese name for the month of May (五月). It is commonly used as a feminine given name and, more rarely, as a surname or a boy's name.
Satsuki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:
Either as a given name or surname
五月, "May"
早月, "early moon/month"
皐月, "swamp/shore", "moon/month"
皐, "swamp/shore"
As a given name only
咲月, "blossom", "moon/month"
沙月, "sand", "moon/month"
幸希, "happiness", "rare/hope"
The given name can also be written in hiragana (さつき) or katakana (サツキ).
Given name
Satsuki (musician) (砂月), ex-member of the group Rentrer en Soi, now a solo artist
Satsuki Eda (五月), Japanese politician
Satsuki Igarashi (寒月), member of the all-female manga-creating team Clamp
Satsuki Katayama (さつき), Japanese representative
Satsuki Muramoto (小月), Japanese figure skater
Satsuki Yukino (五月), Japanese voice actress
Surname
Midori Satsuki (五月), a Japanese actress
Satsuki Kusakabe (サツキ), a main character of the 1988 animated film My Neighbor Totoro
Satsuki Miyanoshita (さつき), a character in the 2000 anime Ghost Stories
Satsuki, name of one of the doll agents in Street Fighter Alpha 3
Satsuki Kitaouji (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series Strawberry 100% (Ichigo 100%)
Satsuki Yotsuba (五月), a character in the manga and anime series Negima! Magister Negi Magi
Satsuki Yumiduka (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series Tsukihime
Satsuki Shinomiya, a character from the game series Uta no Prince-sama
Satsuki, a character from the manga and anime series InuYasha
Satsuki Ichinose (皐), a character in the manga Nana
Satsuki Shindō (咲月), a male character in the manga Shiawase Kissa Sanchoume
Satsuki Shishio, a main character of Hirunaka no Ryūsei
Satsuki Momoi (さつき), a character in the manga and anime series Kuroko's Basketball
Satsuki Kiryuin (皐月), a main supporting character in the anime Kill la Kill
