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Taiyo

Quick answerTaiyo (太陽) is a Japanese given name meaning "sun," derived from the kanji characters tai (太, "great") and yo (陽, "sun/light").

Japanese · Boy · 1 syllable

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Popularity & facts

Relative popularity index, 2010–2025
GenderBoy
US Rank#6,099
TrendStable
Peak year2008
Syllables1
OriginJapanese
LanguageJapanese
CultureJapanese
Letters5
Numerology7 Chaldean 5
Global rank#2,161

Popularity over time

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Historical popularity from 1880–2025 · US Social Security Administration data

About the name Taiyo

Taiyo (太陽) is a Japanese given name meaning "sun," derived from the kanji characters tai (太, "great") and yo (陽, "sun/light").

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Etymology

Taiyo (太陽) is a Japanese given name meaning "sun," derived from the kanji characters tai (太, "great") and yo (陽, "sun/light"). The name is used in Japanese culture and has no specific religious association, though it reflects the cultural significance of solar imagery in Japanese tradition and Shinto practices.

Taiyo currently ranks #6,099 in the United States as a boy's name. It reached its peak popularity around 2008.

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