Given name
Takeshi
“as strong as bamboo”
Takeshi is a variant of Takeo. One Japanese interpretation is “as strong as bamboo.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Takeshi is a variant of Takeo. One Japanese interpretation is “as strong as bamboo.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Takeshi is a variant of Takeo. An origin associated with Takeo is Japanese.
Explained through its name family
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
Takeshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 713
- 708 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 42 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,033 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.
Takeshi’s family of names
Takeshi has a related form in Takeo. In Japanese usage, Takeshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of たけし. In Japanese usage, Takeshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 健.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 20
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- Takeshylikely spelling
- Takeshealikely spelling
- 武士original script
- 健史original script · Japanese
- 剛士original script · Japanese
- 剛in another script · Japanese
- たけしoriginal script · Japanese
- 武嗣original script · Japanese
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- 威志original script · Japanese
- 竹志original script · Japanese
- 竹識original script · Japanese
- 武史original script · Japanese
- 武志original script · Japanese
- 武司original script · Japanese
- 斌original script · Japanese
- 岳original script · Japanese
- 健original script · Japanese
- 猛original script · Japanese
- 毅original script · Japanese
- 武original script · Japanese
People named Takeshi
- Takeshi KitanoJapanese film director, comedian, singer, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter and video game designer (born 1947)
- Takeshi OkadaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1956
- Takeshi KamoJapanese association football player (1915-2004)
- Takeshi NatoriJapanese association football player
- Takeshi WatanabeJapanese association football playerborn 1972
- Takeshi OnoJapanese association football player (born 1944)
- Takeshi KoshidaJapanese association football playerborn 1960
- Takeshi AokiJapanese association football playerborn 1982
- Takeshi InoueJapanese association football player (1928–1992)
Characters named Takeshi: Takeshi Goda (the Doraemon series), Takeshi Yamamoto (Reborn!).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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