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Tomio
How to Pronounce Tomio
Pronounced TOH-mee-oh /หtoส.mi.oส/Low
Meaning: Tomio is a Japanese given name for boys, most often read as 'wealthy man' or 'fortunate man.' It combines an element meaning 'wealth' or 'fortune' with o, 'man' or 'husband,' though the exact sense depends on the characters a family chooses. Presented here in plain romaji, it is a traditional early-to-mid twentieth-century Japanese name of good-fortune wishes.Low
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
Tomio is a traditional Japanese boys' name, generally read as 'wealthy' or 'fortunate man,' joining a 'wealth, fortune' element to o, 'man.' In the American record it appears among Japanese American families in the early twentieth century. We give it in plain romaji, a name of good-fortune wishes carried through immigration and community.
Tomio was never common in the United States, given to only about fourteen boys a year around 1924 and staying rare. A boy named Tomio then would be past a hundred now, a name of the Issei and Nisei generations, rooted in Japanese heritage rather than American fashion.
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What does the name Tomio mean?
It is a Japanese boy's name commonly read as 'wealthy man' or 'fortunate man,' from elements meaning 'wealth, fortune' and 'man.'
How do you pronounce Tomio?
It is said TOH-mee-oh /หtoส.mi.oส/ - three syllables, stress on the first.
Is Tomio a boy or girl name?
Tomio is used as a boy's name.
How popular is Tomio?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen boys a year around its peak in the mid-nineteen-twenties.