Given name
Masaaki
“an unfortunate man”
Masaaki is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “an unfortunate man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “an unfortunate 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 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masaaki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 60 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1934
- 7 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 7 in 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 262 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.
Masaaki’s family of names
Masaaki has a related form in Masaki. Masaaki has a related form in Masakea. Masaaki has a related form in Masakee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 13
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masaaki
- Masaaki HigashiguchiJapanese association football playerborn 1986
- Masaaki SawanoboriJapanese association football playerborn 1970
- Masaaki MoriJapanese association football playerborn 1961
- Masaaki KatoJapanese association football playerborn 1958
- Masaaki YanagishitaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1960
- Masaaki KannoJapanese association football player and managerborn 1960
- Masaaki FurukawaJapanese association football playerborn 1968
- Masaaki TakadaJapanese association football playerborn 1973
- Masaaki MurakamiJapanese association football playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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