Masanori as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Masanori

What is the meaning of the name Masanori ?

The baby name Masanori is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced ma-sa-no-ri (Japanese: [ma.sa.no.ɾi]).

Masanori is Japanese in Origin.

Masanori is a Japanese masculine given name whose meaning depends on the kanji. Masa often uses 正, 政, 雅, or 昌 (“correct/just,” “govern,” “elegant,” “prosper”), while nori may be 則, 紀, 典, 憲, or 乗 (“rule,” “chronicle,” “canon,” “constitution,” “to ride”). Common spellings include 正則 (“upright rule”), 政紀 (“governance chronicle”), 雅紀 (“elegant chronicle”), and 昌典 (“prosperous canon”). It may also be written in kana as まさのり or マサノリ.

The name appears in records from samurai society and remained familiar through Edo and Shōwa Japan. Notable bearers include Fukushima Masanori (1561–1624), a Sengoku-period daimyo, and pitcher Masanori Murakami, the first Japanese player in Major League Baseball (1964). Today Masanori reads as classic and steady rather than fashionable. Variants chiefly reflect alternative kanji; related given names built on masa- include Masahiro and Masanobu. Common nicknames are Masa and Nori; standard romanization is Masanori under Hepburn.