Given name & surname
Gyasi
“a superior man”
Gyasi is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “a superior man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a superior man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Gyasi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 438
- 438 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2000
- 21 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 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 21 in 2000. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 399 as a first name in 2020; 383 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Gyasi’s family of names
Gyasi has a related form in Gyasea. Gyasi has a related form in Gyasee. Gyasi has a related form in Gyasey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Gyasi
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Gyasi, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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