Given name
Toshiro
“one who is talented and intelligent”
Toshiro is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “one who is talented and intelligent.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “one who is talented and intelligent.”
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 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Toshiro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 98 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −82%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 229 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.
Toshiro’s family of names
Toshiro has a related form in Toshihiro.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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