Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Fumio isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Fumio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 129
- 129 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 1931. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 16 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Fumio’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Fumio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of ふみお. In Japanese usage, Fumio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 典生. In Japanese usage, Fumio is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 史朗.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- ふみおoriginal script · Japanese
- 史朗original script · Japanese
- 章央original script · Japanese
- 典生original script · Japanese
- 富美男original script · Japanese
- 文夫original script · Japanese
- 文男original script · Japanese
- 史生original script · Japanese
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Fumio
- Fumio KishidaPrime Minister of Japan from 2021 to 2024born 1957
- Reki KawaharaJapanese novelist and mangakaborn 1974
- Fumio GotōJapanese politician (1884-1980)
- Fumio HayasakaJapanese composer (1914-1955)
- Fumio KyūmaJapanese politicianborn 1940
- Fumio AsakuraJapanese sculptor (1883-1964)
- Fumio Demuramartial artist (1938–2023)
- Fumio SasaharaJapanese judokaborn 1945
- Fumio NiwaJapanese writer (1904-2005)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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