Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masashi 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 1913. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masashi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 146
- 146 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 13 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 365 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.
Masashi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masashi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 仁. In Japanese usage, Masashi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 仁志. In Japanese usage, Masashi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 優志.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 23
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 雅史original script · Japanese
- 真史original script · Japanese
- 正史original script · Japanese
- 正士original script · Japanese
- 斉史original script · Japanese
- 将史original script · Japanese
- 真之original script · Japanese
- 政司original script · Japanese
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- 匡史original script · Japanese
- 匡司original script · Japanese
- 将司original script · Japanese
- 昌志original script · Japanese
- 仁志original script · Japanese
- 正志original script · Japanese
- 正司original script · Japanese
- 優志original script · Japanese
- 昌司original script · Japanese
- 雅司original script · Japanese
- 将志original script · Japanese
- 将士original script · Japanese
- 仁original script · Japanese
- 真original script · Japanese
- 正original script · Japanese
People named Masashi
- Masashi KishimotoJapanese manga artist (born 1974)
- Masashi NakayamaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1967
- Masashi OguroJapanese association football player and manager (1980-)
- Masashi WatanabeJapanese association football player and manager (1936–1995)
- Masashi MotoyamaJapanese association football playerborn 1979
- Masashi KamekawaJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Masashi MiyazawaJapanese association football playerborn 1978
- Masashi TashiroJapanese television performer and singerborn 1956
- Masashi EbinumaJapanese judokaborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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