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Throughout the world, 吉田 (Yoshishige , Yoshida , 吉田 ) is a common gender-neutral forename. The first name 吉田 is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare girly name, Bolivia, where it is a rare feminine name, and China, where it is a rare primarily boy's, but very seldom feminine name. Measured by absolute frequency, it is the most numerous in Japan, China, and Indonesia. Also, 吉田 is the last name as well as the forename.
吉田 is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Akihiko Kayaba , the fictional character from Sword Art Online.