Yojiro as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Yojiro

What is the meaning of the name Yojiro ?

The baby name Yojiro is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced IPA: [jo.dʑi.ɾo] — approx 'yo-JEE-ro' (Japanese; evenly timed syllables). Some romanizations show vowel length (Yōjirō) depending on kanji/spelling..

Yojiro is Japanese in Origin.

Yojiro is a Japanese masculine given name, written in Hepburn as Yōjirō and pronounced “YOH-jee-roh” (long o). It combines yo with the suffix jirō, a time-honored male name element meaning “second son,” long used from the Edo through early Shōwa eras and still recognized today.

Meanings vary by kanji. Frequent spellings include 洋次郎 (“ocean; Western” + “second son”), 陽次郎 (“sunlight” + “second son”), and 陽二郎 (“sunlight” + “two/second” + “son”); other possibilities use 治/冶/司 for ji (“govern,” “smelt,” “administer”) and 郎/朗 for rō (“son,” “bright”). Related forms and nicknames are Yōji/Yoji and Jirō/Jiro; romanized variants include Yojiro, Yōjirō, and Youjirou. The name is borne by figures such as film director Yōjirō Takita and musician Yōjirō Noda, giving it contemporary visibility. While -rō names have grown less common in recent decades, Yojiro retains a warm, traditional tone with imagery shaped by its chosen characters.

⚙ Yojiro is a rare find. There are only 29 recorded uses of it in our data, from 7 countries.