Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Isami 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Isami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 136
- 136 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 14 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 5 in 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Isami’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Isami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 以佐美. In Japanese usage, Isami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 伊三美. In Japanese usage, Isami is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 勇.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Isami
- Kondō IsamiJapanese swordsman (1834–1868)
- Isami KodakaJapanese professional wrestlerborn 1981
- Isami DoiAmerican artist (1903-1965)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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Aloysius
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Oswald
“the power of God”
>99% boys
Einer
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>99% boys