Meaning & origin
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
Satoru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 235
- 235 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 17 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 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 344 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.
Satoru’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Satoru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 了. In Japanese usage, Satoru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 佐資. In Japanese usage, Satoru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 哲.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Satoru
- Satoru YamagishiJapanese association football playerborn 1983
- Satoru IwataJapanese video game programmer and businessman (1959–2015)
- Satoru MochizukiJapanese association football playerborn 1964
- Satoru NodaJapanese association football playerborn 1969
- Satoru NakajimaJapanese racing driverborn 1953
- Satoru AsariJapanese association football playerborn 1974
- Satoru SuzukiJapanese association football playerborn 1975
- Satoru SakumaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1963
- Satoru YoshidaJapanese association football playerborn 1970
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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