Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tsuyoshi isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tsuyoshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 34
- 34 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 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 1983. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 374 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.
Tsuyoshi’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Tsuyoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of つよし. In Japanese usage, Tsuyoshi is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 剛. In Japanese usage, Tsuyoshi is a transliteration of 剛.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 9
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 剛志original script · Japanese
- 剛史original script · Japanese
- つよしoriginal script · Japanese
- 剛士original script · Japanese
- 行in another script · Japanese
- 剛in another script · Japanese
- 強original script · Japanese
- 壮original script · Japanese
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People named Tsuyoshi
- Tsuyoshi KitazawaJapanese association football playerborn 1968
- Tsuyoshi KuniedaJapanese association football playerborn 1944
- Inukai TsuyoshiJapanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan (1855–1932)
- Tsuyoshi FurukawaJapanese association football playerborn 1972
- Tsuyoshi ShimamuraJapanese association football playerborn 1985
- Tsuyoshi TanikawaJapanese association football playerborn 1980
- Tsuyoshi KodamaJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Tsuyoshi OtsukiJapanese association football player and managerborn 1972
- Tsuyoshi YamanakaJapanese swimmer (1939–2017)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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