Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Mitsuyo 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
Mitsuyo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 39
- 0 boys · 39 girls
- Most popular year
- 1916
- 9 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 girls is 6 in 1923. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1916. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 176 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.
Mitsuyo’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Mitsuyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of みつよ. In Japanese usage, Mitsuyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 万葉. In Japanese usage, Mitsuyo is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 光世.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mitsuyo
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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