Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Kazuyo 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 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kazuyo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 6 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 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 313 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.
Kazuyo’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kazuyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 万葉. In Japanese usage, Kazuyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 一代.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kazuyo
- Kazuyo SejimaJapanese architect (1956-)
- Kazuyo HayashidaJapanese basketball player (born 1953)
- Kazuyo AokiJapanese actress and voice actressborn 1947
- Kazuyo MatsuiJapanese actressborn 1957
- Kazuyo KatsumaJapanese businesswomanborn 1968
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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