Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kazuyoshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 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 boys is 5 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 116 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.
Kazuyoshi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kazuyoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of かずよし. In English usage, Kazuyoshi was borrowed from the Japanese form かずよし. In Japanese usage, Kazuyoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 一喜.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kazuyoshi
- Kazuyoshi MiuraJapanese association football playerborn 1967
- Kazuyoshi NakamuraJapanese association football playerborn 1955
- Kazuyoshi FunakiJapanese ski jumperborn 1975
- Kazuyoshi MikamiJapanese association football playerborn 1975
- Kazuyoshi MatsunagaJapanese association football playerborn 1977
- Kazuyoshi HoshinoJapanese racing driverborn 1947
- Kazuyoshi TatsunamiJapanese baseball playerborn 1969
- Kazuyoshi SuwazonoJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- Kazuyoshi KumakiriJapanese film directorborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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