Mitsuru
Mitsuru is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Mitsuru
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mitsuru is a unisex Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Mitsuru
Mitsuru first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1924: 22 births, good for #1,675 nationwide. About 63% of every Mitsuru on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Mitsuru last appeared in the published SSA data in 1935, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 171 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Mitsuru
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Mitsuru Adachi ( あだち 充 ; born 1951) , Japanese manga author
- Mitsuru Chiyotanda ( 千代反田 充 ; born 1980) , Japanese professional football defender
- Mitsuru Fukikoshi ( 吹越 満 ; born 1965) , Japanese actor
- Mitsuru Hattori ( はっとり みつる ; born 1977) , pen-name of a Japanese manga author
- Mitsuru Hirata ( 平田 満 ; born 1953) , Japanese actor
- Mitsuru Hongo ( 本郷 みつる ; born 1959) , Japanese film director
- Mitsuru Hotta ( 堀田 満 ; 1935–2015) , Japanese botanist
- Mitsuru Igarashi ( 五十嵐 充 ; born 1969) , former keyboardist and songwriter
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Names that sound like Mitsuru
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About the name Mitsuru
Mitsuru is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 171 births in the dataset. Mitsuru's peak popularity came in 1924 when it ranked #1,675. Use the chart and map above to compare Mitsuru'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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