Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Masayoshi 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 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masayoshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 133
- 133 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 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 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 172 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.
Masayoshi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Masayoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of まさよし. In Japanese usage, Masayoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 将至. In Japanese usage, Masayoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 政義.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 16
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masayoshi
- Matsukata MasayoshiJapanese politician (1835-1924)
- Masayoshi ŌhiraJapanese politician (1910-1980)
- Masayoshi SonJapanese businessmanborn 1957
- Masayoshi ItoJapanese politician (1913-1994)
- Masayoshi YoshidaJapanese association football playerborn 1982
- Masayoshi NagataJapanese mathematician (1927-2008)
- Masayoshi YamazakiJapanese singer-songwriterborn 1971
- Masayoshi TakanakaJapanese guitarist, composer, arranger, producer (1953-)
- Hotta Masayoshidaimyo (1810-1864)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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