Naoyoshi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Naoyoshi

What is the meaning of the name Naoyoshi ?

The baby name Naoyoshi is a Male name , 4 syllables long and is pronounced Japanese IPA: /na.o.joɕi/ — respelled: NAH-oh-YOH-shee.

Naoyoshi is Japanese in Origin.

Naoyoshi is a masculine Japanese given name formed from the elements Nao and Yoshi. Its meaning depends on the kanji: 直義 (“upright righteousness”), 尚義 (“esteemed justice”), 直吉 (“honest good fortune”), 直良 or 尚良 (“upright/noble goodness”), among others. It may also be written in kana (なおよし), which preserves the sound without fixing a meaning. Common diminutives include Nao and Yoshi.

Compound names ending in -yoshi were favored among samurai and scholar-official families from the medieval through Edo eras, with 義 (gi, righteousness) reflecting Confucian ideals; the style persisted into Meiji and early Showa, giving Naoyoshi a traditional, dignified tone today though it is relatively uncommon. Variant renderings rely on different kanji pairings, while the romanization is typically Naoyoshi in Hepburn. Related or reversible forms include Yoshinao (義直/良直), and cognate Nao- names such as Naoya and Naoyuki that share the Nao element.

⚙ Naoyoshi is far from common. In all, it turns up just 11 times, across 3 countries.