Given name
Masayuki
“one who causes trouble”
Masayuki is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “one who causes trouble.”
Original Japanese柾之
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “one who causes trouble.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Masayuki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 194
- 194 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 19 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 1937. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1920. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 407 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.
Masayuki’s family of names
Masayuki has a related form in Masayukea. Masayuki has a related form in Masayukee. Masayuki has a related form in Masayukey.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 12
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Masayuki
- Masayuki OkanoJapanese association football playerborn 1972
- Masayuki NakagomiJapanese association football playerborn 1967
- Masayuki OmoriJapanese association football playerborn 1976
- Masayuki YanagisawaJapanese association football playerborn 1979
- Masayuki OchiaiJapanese association football playerborn 1981
- Sanada Masayukidaimyo1547–1611
- Masayuki OnishiJapanese association football playerborn 1977
- Masayuki MitaJapanese association football playerborn 1969
- Masayuki OtaJapanese association football playerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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