Baby name

FADING BOY · JAPANESE
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Yoshio

/yoh · SHEE · oh/


“Righteous man”

Japanese masculine name composed of yoshi (good, righteous) and o (man); a classic traditional structure common in Japanese masculine naming of the early-to-mid 20th century.

yoshi

gentle

How it ages.

Traditional and dignified; feels generational in Japan, associated with older cohorts.

The cultural moment.

Common in Japan from the early to mid-20th century; rare for newborns since the 1980s.