Given name
Masaji
“having integrity”
Masaji is a variant of Masajiro. One Japanese interpretation is “having integrity.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Masaji is a variant of Masajiro. One Japanese interpretation is “having integrity.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Masaji is a variant of Masajiro. An origin associated with Masajiro is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masaji through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 62
- 62 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1913
- 11 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 1933. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 11 in 1913.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Masaji’s family of names
Masaji has a related form in Masajiro. In Japanese usage, Masaji is a Roman-alphabet rendering of まさじ. In Japanese usage, Masaji is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 政次.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 6
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masaji
- Masaji Kiyokawaswimmer (1913-1999)
- Masaji KitanoJapanese businessman (1894-1986)
- Masaji HondaJapanese botanist (1897-1984)
- Masaji IguroJapanese ski jumper (1913–2000)
- Masaji HiramatsuJapanese baseball playerborn 1947
- Masaji OginoJapanese volleyball playerborn 1970
- Masaji TabataJapanese journalist1898–1984
- Masaji MatsuyamaJapanese politicianborn 1959
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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