Taiyo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Japanese fishing co
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈtaɪjoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Taiyo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 26K(inferred from the name graph)
- EEEstonia≈1 in 352K
- NGNigeria≈1 in 532K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 69 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 26K (inferred from the name graph)
≈4,700 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Japanese fishing co.
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Taiyo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); the ee-siseministeerium-registry register. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Taiyo Yamanouchib. 1975ITItalian rapper and actor (1975)
- Taiyo Fujitab. 1979JPbaseball player
- Taiyo Sugiurab. 1981JPJapanese actor
- Amanaki Taiyo Lotoaheab. 1990TOTongan rugby union footballer
- Taiyo Kogab. 1998JPJapanese association football player
- Taiyo Imaib. 1998JPJapanese para-badminton player
- Taiyo Nonomurab. 2001JPJapanese speed skater
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 270 | #31,031 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 16 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2013 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2011 | 15 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 14 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2007 | 13 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 12 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 12 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Taiyo?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈtaɪjoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- What does the name Taiyo mean, and where does it come from?
- Japanese fishing co. Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- Is Taiyo a male or female name?
- Taiyo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Taiyo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 4.7 thousand people named Taiyo in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled taiyo.
- How common is the name Taiyo?
- In the United States, the national register counted 278 people named Taiyo in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/taiyoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Taiyo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.