Given name
Hisayo
“a long-lived woman”
Hisayo is a variant of Hisa. One Japanese interpretation is “a long-lived woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Hisayo is a variant of Hisa. One Japanese interpretation is “a long-lived woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Hisayo is a variant of Hisa. An origin associated with Hisa is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hisayo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 69
- 0 boys · 69 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 10 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 girls is 5 in 1924. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 10 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 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.
Hisayo’s family of names
Hisayo has a related form in Hisa. In Japanese usage, Hisayo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 久代.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hisayo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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