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Tatsuo
How to Pronounce Tatsuo
Pronounced TAHT-soo-oh /หtษหt.su.oส/Medium
Meaning: Tatsuo is a Japanese masculine name written here in romaji, combining tatsu ('dragon') with the common name-ending o ('man, hero'), giving a sense of 'dragon man' or 'heroic man'.Medium
Popularity in the U.S. ยท SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880โpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Tatsuo pairs Japanese tatsu ('dragon') with the masculine ending o ('man, hero'). Its brief American record belongs to the Japanese immigrant and first-generation families of the early twentieth-century.
Recorded only in very small numbers between the nineteen-tens and nineteen-forties, Tatsuo reflects a specific immigrant cohort rather than broad U.S. adoption; it remains a familiar traditional name in Japan.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Tatsuo mean?
Tatsuo is a Japanese name combining tatsu ('dragon') with o ('man, hero'), so 'dragon man' or 'heroic man'.
How do you pronounce Tatsuo?
It's said TAHT-soo-oh /หtษหt.su.oส/ โ three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Tatsuo a boy or girl name?
Tatsuo is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Tatsuo?
Tatsuo is very rare in the U.S., recorded mainly in the early-twentieth-century Japanese-American community; it remains familiar in Japan.