Given name
Takeo
“as strong as bamboo”
Takeo is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “as strong as bamboo.”
Original Japanese健雄
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “as strong as bamboo.”
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 1911. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Takeo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 763
- 763 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −2%
- Steady
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 1919. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 445 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.
Takeo’s family of names
Takeo has a related form in Takeshi. Takeo has a related form in Takeshea. Takeo has a related form in Takeshee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Takeo
- Takeo WakabayashiJapanese association football player (1907-1937)
- Takeo TakahashiJapanese association football playerborn 1947
- Takeo FukudaPrime Minister of Japan from 1976 to 19781905–1995
- Takeo MikiJapanese politician (1907-1988)
- Takeo ArishimaJapanese writer (1878-1923)
- Takeo HaradaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1971
- Takeo KuritaJapanese admiral1889–1977
- Takeo Takagiadmiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II1892–1944
- Takeo MatsudaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1961
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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