Given name
Yoshiro
“the good son; a free son”
Yoshiro is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “the good son; a free son.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “the good son; a free son.”
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 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yoshiro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 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 5 in 1929. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 107 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.
Yoshiro’s family of names
Yoshiro has a related form in Yoshyro.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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