Given name
Toshi
“mirror image”·“one who sees his true image”
Toshi is used as a given name. Interpretations include “mirror image” (Japanese) and “one who sees his true image” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Japanese慧
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “mirror image” (Japanese) and “one who sees his true image” (Japanese). These may reflect different naming traditions.
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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 99
- 14 boys · 85 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 13 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 9 in 1973. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 13 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 390 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.
Toshi’s family of names
Toshi has a related form in Toshie. Toshi has a related form in Toshea. Toshi has a related form in Toshee.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Toshi
- Toshi AraiJapanese rally driverborn 1966
- Toshi IchiyanagiJapanese composer, pianist (1933-2022)
- Tōshi YoshidaJapanese artist (1911-1995)
- Toshi YoshidaJapanese volleyball player and coachborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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