Given name & surname
Sayo
“born at night”
Sayo is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “born at night.”
Original Japanese紗代
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “born at night.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
Sayo’s family of names
Sayo has a related form in Sayoko. Sayo has a related form in Sayomi. Sayo has a related form in Sayori.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Sayo
- Sayo YamamotoJapanese animator and animation director (1977-)
- Kitamura Sayofounder of a religious movement1900–1967
- Sayo HayakawaJapanese fashion modelborn 1983
- Matsura Sayohimelegendary heroine in Japanese mythology
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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