Hidetada as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Hidetada

What is the meaning of the name Hidetada ?

The baby name Hidetada is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Hepburn: Hidetada (hee-deh-tah-dah); IPA: /çi.de.ta.da/.

Hidetada is Japanese in Origin.

Hidetada is a Japanese masculine given name composed of Hide (most often 秀 “excellence; outstanding” or 英 “distinguished, heroic”) and Tada (commonly 忠 “loyalty; faithfulness,” also 直 “straight; honest,” 惟 or 唯 “only, just”). Its specific meaning depends on the kanji chosen; the prominent spelling 秀忠 conveys “excellent loyalty.”

The name is best known from Tokugawa Hidetada (徳川 秀忠, 1579–1632), second shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, which lends the name a samurai-era, statesmanlike aura. Hidetada saw steady use among warrior and aristocratic families and remains recognizable, though uncommon, in modern Japan. Variant writings include 英忠, 秀直, and 英唯; it may also be rendered in hiragana (ひでただ) or katakana (ヒデタダ). A common short form is Hide in English contexts. Related names built on the same elements include Hidemasa, Hidetoshi, Hidetaka (Hide-), and Masatada, Yoshitada, Nobutada (-tada).

⚙ Hidetada is about as rare as a name gets. We count just 2 recorded uses of it worldwide, from 2 countries.