Talk:Yuri (ANB)/@comment-110.175.193.78-20120729122018/@comment-99.137.228.38-20120823181949

Yuri (百合) means lily in Japanese, and is an EXTREMELY popular given name for girls. Only in 2009 did the term also coin 'girl's love' (ガールズラブ)

In fact, it is really only in North America that the term is used in the explict sense while the rest of the world still views it as a name refering to a flower.

So it is a name. Flat out. It is a name more than a genre. American 'explicit japanese animation' fans won't get a kick out of it because they should know by now how many people have the name Yuri.