Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mitsuo 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 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mitsuo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 521
- 521 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 40 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 1940. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 40 in 1925. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 234 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.
Mitsuo’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Mitsuo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みつお. In Japanese usage, Mitsuo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 三雄. In Japanese usage, Mitsuo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 充男.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 14
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mitsuo
- Mitsuo OgasawaraJapanese association football playerborn 1979
- Mitsuo KamataJapanese association football playerborn 1937
- Mitsuo WatanabeJapanese association football playerborn 1953
- Mitsuo KatoJapanese association football player (born 1953)
- Mitsuo FuchidaJapanese Naval officer (1902-1976)
- Mitsuo Tsukaharagymnastborn 1947
- Mitsuo YamadaJapanese association football playerborn 1994
- Mitsuo IkedaOlympic wrestler (1935-2002)
- Mitsuo MatayoshiJapanese perennial candidate and Messiah claimant (1944-2018)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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