Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masakazu 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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masakazu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 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 1925. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 161 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.
Masakazu’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masakazu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of まさかず. In Japanese usage, Masakazu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 仁一. In Japanese usage, Masakazu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 将和.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- まさかずoriginal script · Japanese
- 雅計original script · Japanese
- 仁一original script · Japanese
- 正和original script · Japanese
- 昌和original script · Japanese
- 将和original script · Japanese
- 政和original script · Japanese
- 成一original script · Japanese
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People named Masakazu
- Masakazu KodaJapanese association football playerborn 1969
- Masakazu SuzukiJapanese association football player and managerborn 1955
- Masakazu WashidaJapanese association football playerborn 1978
- Masakazu TashiroJapanese association football playerborn 1988
- Masakazu KatsuraJapanese Manga artistborn 1962
- Masakazu KiharaJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Masakazu KawabeJapanese general (1886-1965)
- Masakazu TamuraJapanese actor (1943-2021)
- Kobori Enshūdaimyo1579–1647
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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