Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masanori 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 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masanori through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 60 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 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 5 in 1930. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 247 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.
Masanori’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masanori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 優典. In Japanese usage, Masanori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 政敬. In Japanese usage, Masanori is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 昌則.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 12
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masanori
- Masanori TokitaJapanese association football player (1925–2004)
- Kitarōmusician, composer, record producer, arrangerborn 1953
- Masanori SanadaJapanese association football player (1968–2011)
- Masanori SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1968
- Masanori KizawaJapanese association football playerborn 1969
- Masanori YusaJapanese swimmer (1915–1975)
- Masanori AbeJapanese association football playerborn 1991
- Fukushima Masanoridaimyo who served as lord of the Hiroshima Domain1561–1624
- Masanori ItoJapanese association football playerborn 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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