刀
surname · Han script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
刀 is a surname written in the Han script, most frequently recorded in China. Recorded meaning: Japanese surname/placename entry; lit.
- CNChina
- TWTaiwan
- JPJapan
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Japanese surname/placename entry; lit. sword.
Sources 1
- 日本人姓名汉字读音辞典
Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
刀 is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Chinese, knife; blade (Classifier: 把 m c g h j mb md w x; 張／张 c h; 叢／丛 mn; 支 mn mn-t)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Chinese, knife
as a wordBaxter-Sagart Old Chinese reconstruction, version 1.1 (2014)
In Japanese, sword
as a wordA Frequency Dictionary of Japanese
In Korean, hanja form of 도 (“sword; knife”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In oko, as well; too; either, or (negative) neither, nor
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 5 sources across 2 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 2004 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1995 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1985 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1975 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1965 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: given names by birth decade/cohort 1930-2008 | 1945 | — | — |
| CN China | ChineseNames: household-registered population — surnames + given names (no time axis) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does the name 刀 come from?
- Japanese surname/placename entry; lit. sword. Recorded by 日本人姓名汉字读音辞典.
- What does the name 刀 mean?
- Recorded meaning: Japanese surname/placename entry; lit.
- In which country does 刀 have the most bearers?
- 刀 is most frequently recorded in China.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “刀”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.