Josen
Professional Go handicaps were a system developed in Japan, in the Edo period, for handicapping professional players of the game of Go against each other. With the abolition of the Oteai system, which from the 1920s had used some handicap games to determine the Go ranking of professional players, this system has become obsolete. It is now completely superseded by the use of komidashi.
Meaning & Origin of Josen
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Professional Go handicaps were a system developed in Japan, in the Edo period, for handicapping professional players of the game of Go against each other. With the abolition of the Oteai system, which from the 1920s had used some handicap games to determine the Go ranking of professional players, this system has become obsolete. It is now completely superseded by the use of komidashi.
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The Story of Josen
American parents first put Josen on the record books as a baby boy name in 2009, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2016, when 6 Josens were born — ranking #10,743 that year. About 58% of every Josen on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Josen last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 36 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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About the name Josen
Josen is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2009 and has accumulated 36 births in the dataset. Josen's peak popularity came in 2016 when it ranked #10,743. Use the chart and map above to compare Josen's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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