Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1922. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toshiharu through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 6 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 6 in 1926. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Toshiharu’s family of names
In English usage, Toshiharu was borrowed from the Japanese form としはる. In Japanese usage, Toshiharu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 俊春. In Japanese usage, Toshiharu is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 利春.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Toshiharu
- Toshiharu MorinagaJapanese association football playerborn 1982
- Toshiharu SakuraiJapanese voice actorborn 1964
- Toshiharu SatoOlympic gymnastborn 1969
- Toshiharu IkedaFilm director and screenwriter (1951–2010)
- Maeda ToshimasaJapanese samurai of the Sengoku period
- Toshiharu UedaJapanese baseball player1937–2017
- Toshiharu FurukawaJapanese politicianborn 1963
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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