Yugo
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Yugo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country. Recorded meaning: automobile.
- JPJapan≈1 in 11K(inferred from the name graph)
- HKHong Kong≈1 in 304K
- SGSingapore≈1 in 380K
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
- 75 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 11K (inferred from the name graph)
≈11,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
automobile
Sources 1
- Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Yugo 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 11K | — | Yugo | 74 |
| CN China | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.3M | — | Yugo | 6 |
| BR Brazil | 188 | 1 in 1.1M | 188 | — | 2 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈140 est. | ≈1 in 1.5M | — | Yugo | 7 |
| US United States | 138 | 1 in 2.4M | 136 | Yugo | 75 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈30 est. | ≈1 in 569K | — | Yugo | 7 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 304K | — | Yugo | 2 |
| SG Singapore | ≈16 est. | ≈1 in 380K | — | Yugo | 4 |
| AT Austria | ≈13 est. | ≈1 in 691K | — | Yugo | 5 |
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; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Yugo is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In pi, nominative singular of yuga (“yoke”)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, yoke (bar or frame of wood by which two animals are joined)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In English, Abbreviation of Yugoslavia.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In msb, yoke
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.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Yugo Sakob. 1928JPAnimated film director
- Yugo Sasob. 1973JPJapanese actor (1973-)
- Yugo Kannob. 1977JPJapanese composer and musician (born 1977)
- Yūgō Shinoharab. 1978JPJapanese speed skater
- Yūgo Fujiib. 1986JPJapanese actor
- Yūgo Mikawab. 1994JPJapanese actor
- Yugo Kobayashib. 1995JPJapanese badminton player
- Yugo Takashimab. 1997JPJapanese Go player
- Yūgo Umenob. 1999JPbaseball player
- Yugo KochiJPJapanese singer and actor
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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 20 sources across 10 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 94 | #66,338 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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
- What does the name Yugo mean, and where does it come from?
- automobile Recorded by Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names.
- Is Yugo a male or female name?
- Yugo 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 Yugo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Yugo in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled yugo.
- How common is the name Yugo?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 188 people named Yugo in 2022, about 1 in 1.1 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/yugoThe same 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), and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Yugo”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.