Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masaharu 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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masaharu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 48
- 48 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 6 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 121 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.
Masaharu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masaharu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 政治. In Japanese usage, Masaharu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 昌治. In Japanese usage, Masaharu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 正春.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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People named Masaharu
- Masaharu SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1970
- Masaharu NishiJapanese association football playerborn 1977
- Masaharu HommaJapanese general (1887–1946)
- Masaharu FukuyamaJapanese singer-songwriter and actorborn 1969
- Masaharu Taguchiswimmer (1916–1982)
- Masaharu AnesakiJapanese scholar of religion, critic (1873–1949)
- Masaharu SatōJapanese actor, voice actor and narratorborn 1946
- Masaharu MatsushitaJapanese businessman (1912-2012)
- Masaharu KawaharaJapanese association football playerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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