THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Ichiro
Ichiro is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Japanese, specifically the form いちろう.
Pronunciation & syllables
A dictionary pronunciation or syllable division has not been verified for this exact spelling. Use the synthetic reading as a starting point and confirm the intended pronunciation with the family.
Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
From Hepburn romaji of Japanese いちろう (Ichirō), a given name with numerous possible original kanji.
Ichiro (“a male given name from Japanese”)
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EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese いちろう (Ichirō), a given name with numerous possible original kanji.
A male given name from Japanese.
Wiktionary: Ichiro (English) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Ichiro in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Ichiro
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Hiro♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Shiro♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Yuichiro♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Akihiro♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Elviro·Recorded Philippine given-name form
- Ichak♀Short form of Cynthia
- Ichel♀Short form of Rachel
- Jairo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
What rhymes with Ichiro?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Ichiro further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Ichiro (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Ichiro (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.