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
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Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
Boys Girls
051015192019401960198020002025Highest share 1921Boys 0.0Girls 0.0
Toshi in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1915–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

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.

Walk Toshi’s family in the name graph

Toshi慧ToshieTosheaTosheeTosheyToshy

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

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.

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Japanese

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>99% girls

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6% boys · 94% girls

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