Yoshiro

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/joʊˈʃɪɹoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Yoshiro is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • JPJapan≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
  • BOBolivia≈1 in 160K
  • PEPeru≈1 in 221K

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)

≈12,000 people, est.

Sources
90 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)

Japan, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Yoshiro 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.

Where Yoshiro is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
JP Japan≈12,000 est.≈1 in 11KlistedYoshiro90
CN China≈240 est.≈1 in 5.8M—Yoshiro4
PE Peru≈140 est.≈1 in 221K—Yoshiro15
US United States1071 in 3.1M103Yoshiro78
BR Brazil741 in 2.9M96——
BO Bolivia≈73 est.≈1 in 160K—Yoshiro1
CL Chile≈44 est.≈1 in 412K1——
SG Singapore≈10 est.≈1 in 625K—Yoshiro6

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: the japanese-names-oneill-1972 register; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Yoshiro is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Spanish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, Brazil, Mexico, United States

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Yoshirō

  • English given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Australia, Peru, Germany

    Languages: English, German

    Also written Yoshirô

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Yoshirô, Yōshirō, Yoshirō

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States

    Also written Yoshirō

29 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Nagayo Yoshirō, b. 1888Yoshiro Edamasa, b. 1888Yoshirō Taniguchi, b. 1904Yoshirō Irino, b. 1921Yoshirō Muraki, b. 1924Yoshiro Nakamatsu, b. 1928Yoshirō Kitahara, b. 1929Yoshirō Mori, b. 1937Yoshiro Yokomine, b. 1960Yoshirō Matsumoto, b. 1972

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)

Informalこんにちは、YoshiroさんHi Yoshiro, (English)

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 19 sources across 13 countries.

Official registers attesting Yoshiro
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020103#52,462
BR BrazilBrasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA)—96#19,217
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)202274—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—65#50,911
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)194053—
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—48#48,727
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)194021—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19226—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19216—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19295—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19255—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)19245—

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

How do you pronounce Yoshiro?
A machine transcription gives /joʊˈʃɪɹoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
Is Yoshiro a male or female name?
Yoshiro 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.
What are other forms of the name Yoshiro?
In the etymology graph, Yoshirou is a form of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Yoshiro have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 12 thousand people named Yoshiro in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yoshiro.
How common is the name Yoshiro?
In the United States, the national register counted 107 people named Yoshiro in 2020, about 1 in 3.1 million residents.

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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, “Yoshiro”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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