Tatsumi as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tatsumi

What is the meaning of the name Tatsumi ?

The baby name Tatsumi is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced /ta.tsɯ.mi/ (IPA); anglicized: TAH-tsoo-mee.

Tatsumi is Japanese in Origin.

Tatsumi is a Japanese unisex given name and surname, pronounced tah-tsu-mee. Its core etymology comes from the old compass term tatsumi, the sector between the zodiac signs of Dragon (辰, tatsu) and Snake (巳, mi), hence “southeast,” a notion seen in classical timekeeping and place-names. Because Japanese names depend on kanji choice, meanings vary and often invoke auspicious directionality, protection, or vitality.

Common spellings include 辰巳 (“dragon–snake; southeast”) and the single character 巽 (“southeast; wind,” the Xun trigram). Other given-name forms write the same sound with 竜美/龍美 (“dragon + beauty”), 達美 or 達巳 (“accomplished + beauty/snake”). As a surname it may appear as 立見 (“standing view”) or 辰巳. The name has long-standing but modest use; it leans masculine as a given name, exemplified by choreographer Hijikata Tatsumi (巽), while manga pioneer Yoshihiro Tatsumi (辰巳) illustrates its surname use.

⚙ Tatsumi is a rare find. Across 27 countries, we found 94 recorded uses of it.