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Hideho
Kanji Names & Meanings - 1 variation
In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. A name with only one kanji variation is considered unique and rare in Japan. Below is the kanji representation of "Hideho."
Introduction to how Japanese names work
秀 means "excellent, outstanding, superior."
Outstanding - To be superior or excellent in a particular field or activity.
Growing - To increase in size, amount, or degree.
Extending - To stretch out or expand in length, area, or scope.
Distinguishing - To set apart from others
Sprouting - To begin to grow or develop.
Blooming - To produce flowers
Name ideas examples Outstanding - To be remarkable or exceptional in some way, suggesting that the baby will be a leader and stand out from the crowd.
Growing - To increase in size, number, or strength, suggesting that the baby will have a strong and healthy development.
Extending - To stretch out or expand in length, area, or volume, suggesting that the baby will have a wide range of experiences and opportunities.
Standing Out - To be prominent or noticeable, suggesting that the baby will be noticed and appreciated for their unique qualities.
Sprouting - To begin to grow or develop, suggesting that the baby will have a strong start in life.
Blooming - To produce flowers, suggesting that the baby will grow or develop in a healthy or vigorous way.
View details for the kanji 秀
穂 means "ear, head of grain."
Name ideas examples Ear Of Grain - This is a symbolic representation of abundance and fertility, and is a suitable name for a baby as it conveys the hope for a prosperous and fruitful life.
Harvest - This is a metaphor for the abundance of blessings that a baby brings to a family, and is a suitable name for a baby as it conveys the hope for a bountiful life.
Blessing - This is a representation of the joy and happiness that a baby brings to a family, and is a suitable name for a baby as it conveys the hope for a blessed life.
Hope - This is a representation of the optimism and faith that a baby brings to a family, and is a suitable name for a baby as it conveys the hope for a hopeful life.
Prosperity - This is a representation of the wealth and success that a baby brings to a family, and is a suitable name for a baby as it conveys the hope for a prosperous life.
View details for the kanji 穂
Real Persons
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石黒 Ishiguro 英雄 Hideo Japanese actor (1989- ) EN JP
梅谷 Umetani 英生 Hideo figure skater (1985- ) JP
田中 Tanaka 英雄 Hideo Japanese association football player (1983- ) EN JP
大島 Ōshima 秀夫 Hideo Japanese association football player (1980- ) EN JP
升 Masu 秀夫 Hideo Japanese musician (1979- ) JP
橋本 Hashimoto 英郎 Hideo Japanese association football player (1979- ) EN JP
所 Tokoro 英男 Hideo Japanese martial artist (1977- ) EN JP
齊藤 Saitō 秀雄 Hideo (1974- ) JP
渡辺 Watanabe 英雄 Hideo Japanese seiyū (1973- ) JP
吉澤 Yoshizawa 英生 Hideo Japanese association football player and manager (1972- ) EN JP
久保木 Kuboki 秀夫 Hideo (1972- ) JP
大山 Ōyama 英雄 Hideo Japanese owarai tarento (1970- ) JP
榊 Sakaki 英雄 Hideo Japanese actor (1970- ) EN JP
小池 Koike 秀郎 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1969- ) EN JP
西本 Nishimoto 英雄 Hideo Japanese mangaka (1968- ) JP
野茂 Nomo 英雄 Hideo Japanese professional baseball player, MLB player (1968- ) EN JP
山本 Yamamoto 英夫 Hideo Japanese manga artist (1968- ) EN JP
風間 Kazama 秀郎 Hideo Japanese actor and voice actor (1968- ) JP
小倉 Ogura 秀夫 Hideo Japanese lawyer (1968- ) JP
土田 Tsuchida 英生 Hideo (1967- ) JP
古川 Furukawa 日出男 Hideo Japanese novelist and playwright (1966- ) JP
石川 Ishikawa 英郎 Hideo Japanese voice actor (1965- ) EN JP
鈴木 Suzuki 英夫 Hideo (1965- ) JP
中野 Nakano 英雄 Hideo Japanese actor (1964- ) JP
吉井 Yoshii 秀夫 Hideo (1964- ) JP
小島 Kojima 秀夫 Hideo Japanese video game designer (1963- ) EN JP
澤田 Sawada 英夫 Hideo Japanese linguist (1963- ) JP
鈴木 Suzuki 秀生 Hideo Japanese diplomat (1963- ) JP
青木 Aoki 秀夫 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1962- ) JP
福島 Fukushima 秀夫 Hideo Japanese diplomat (1962- ) JP
松本 Matsumoto 秀夫 Hideo Japanese announcer (1961- ) JP
中田 Nakata 秀夫 Hideo Japanese film director (1961- ) EN JP
垂 Tarumi 秀夫 Hideo Japanese diplomat (1961- ) EN JP
小林 Kobayashi 日出夫 Hideo Japanese businessperson (1961- ) JP
岡本 Okamoto 英郎 Hideo Japanese illustrator (1960- ) JP
山本 Yamamoto 英夫 Hideo Japanese cinematographer (1960- ) JP
奥田 Okuda 英朗 Hideo Japanese novelist and writer (1959- ) JP
林 Hayashi 日出夫 Hideo Japanese writer (1959- ) JP
永野 Nagano 秀雄 Hideo jurist (1959- ) JP
村井 Murai 秀夫 Hideo chief member of Aum Shinrikyo (1958-1995) EN JP
斉藤 Saitō 英夫 Hideo Japanese composer, arranger, guitarist (1958- ) EN JP
東国原 Higashikokubaru 英夫 Hideo Japanese actor-politician (1957- ) EN JP
松原 Matsubara 英夫 Hideo Japanese diplomat (1957- ) JP
横山 Yokoyama 秀夫 Hideo Japanese writer (1957- ) EN JP
山田 Yamada 英生 Hideo (1957- ) JP
野島 Nojima 秀夫 Hideo Japanese judge (1957- ) JP
吉田 Yoshida 英男 Hideo politician (1956- ) JP
福山 Fukuyama 英朗 Hideo Japanese racing driver (1955- ) EN JP
古屋 Furuya 英夫 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1955- ) JP
小倉 Ogura 秀夫 Hideo (1955- ) JP
三木 Miki 秀夫 Hideo lawyer in Japan (1955- ) JP
井浦 Iura 秀夫 Hideo Japanese mangaka (1955- ) JP
山田 Yamada 英夫 Hideo (1955- ) JP
山本 Yamamoto 英雄 Hideo martial artist (1955- ) EN JP
大野 Ōno 英男 Hideo Japanese physicist (1954- ) EN JP
大久保 Ōkubo 秀夫 Hideo Japanese businessman (1954- ) EN JP
岡山 Okayama 英雄 Hideo (1954- ) JP
相原 Aihara 英雄 Hideo Japanese film producer and television producer (1954- ) JP
可知 Kachi 日出男 Hideo Japanese musician (1953- ) EN JP
影山 Kageyama 日出夫 Hideo Japanese journalist (1953-2010) JP
細野 Hosono 秀雄 Hideo Japanese scientist (1953- ) EN JP
河本 Kawamoto 英夫 Hideo Japanese philosopher (1953- ) JP
山木 Yamaki 秀夫 Hideo Japanese jazz musician (1952- ) EN JP
盛田 Morita 英夫 Hideo (1952- ) JP
田中 Tanaka 秀雄 Hideo Japanese historian, movie clitic, historian (1952- ) JP
山瀬 Yamase 秀雄 Hideo actor (1951- ) JP
澤田 Sawada 秀雄 Hideo businessperson (1951- ) JP
青木 Aoki 秀夫 Hideo Japanese physicist (1950- ) JP
木村 Kimura 秀雄 Hideo (1950- ) JP
吾妻 Aduma ひでお Hideo Japanese cartoonist (1950-2019) EN JP
中井 Nakai 英雄 Hideo (1950- ) JP
伊藤 Itō 秀男 Hideo Japanese illustrator (1950- ) JP
菊池 Kikuchi 日出夫 Hideo Japanese illustrator (1949- ) JP
山脇 Yamawaki 秀夫 Hideo Japanese businessman (1949- ) JP
水森 Mizumori 英夫 Hideo (1949- ) JP
佐々木 Sasaki ひでお Hideo Japanese painter (1949- ) JP
中嶋 Nakajima 英雄 Hideo Japanese teacher (1949- ) JP
田中 Tanaka 秀夫 Hideo Japanese economist (1949-2023) JP
原田 Harada 英生 Hideo (1949- ) JP
加藤 Katō 英夫 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1948- ) JP
高岡 Takaoka 英夫 Hideo (1948- ) JP
栗崎 Kurisaki 日出男 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1948- ) JP
武田 Takeda 秀雄 Hideo Japanese mangaka (1948-2000) JP
伊藤 Itō 英男 Hideo Japanese businessperson (1947- ) JP
笹倉 Sasakura 秀夫 Hideo Japanese jurist (1947- ) JP
北村 Kitamura 英男 Hideo Japanese teacher (1947- ) JP
長谷川 Hasegawa 秀男 Hideo (1947- ) JP
木島 Kijima 日出夫 Hideo Japanese politician and lawyer (1946- ) JP
大西 Ōnishi 英男 Hideo Japanese politician (1946- ) EN JP
小林 Kobayashi 日出夫 Hideo Japanese politician (1946-2009) JP
杉山 Sugiyama 頴男 Hideo (1946- ) JP
田村 Tamura 秀男 Hideo Japanese journalist (1946- ) JP
五十嵐 Igarashi 英夫 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1945- ) JP
金谷 Kanaya 秀夫 Hideo Japanese motorcycle racer (1945-2013) EN JP
山田 Yamada 秀雄 Hideo (1944- ) JP
藤本 Fujimoto 英男 Hideo Olympic medalist in wrestling (1944- ) EN JP
田中 Tanaka 英夫 Hideo Japanese politician (1944- ) JP
飯島 Iijima 秀雄 Hideo Japanese sprinter and professional baseball player (1944- ) EN JP
児玉 Kodama 英雄 Hideo Japanese automobile designer (1944- ) EN JP
石橋 Ishibashi 秀雄 Hideo (1944- ) JP
岡崎 Okazaki 英生 Hideo Japanese writer (1943- ) JP
黒田 Kuroda 日出男 Hideo Japanese historian (1943- ) JP
高梨 Takanashi 英夫 Hideo baseball player (1942-2018) JP
横川 Yokokawa 秀夫 Hideo Japanese poet (1942- ) JP
大竹 Ōtake 英雄 Hideo Japanese Go player (1942- ) EN JP
金本 Kanemoto 秀夫 Hideo baseball player (1942- ) JP
小島 Kojima 秀夫 Hideo Japanese violinist, conductor, concertmaster (1941-2022) JP
榎本 Enomoto 日出夫 Hideo (1941- ) JP
徳岡 Tokuoka 秀雄 Hideo Japanese teacher (1941- ) JP
和田 Wada 秀男 Hideo Ph.D. University of Tokyo (1940-2012) JP
前原 Maehara 英夫 Hideo Japanese astronomer (1940- ) JP
越智 Ochi 秀男 Hideo Japanese karateka (1940- ) EN JP
吉村 Yoshimura 英夫 Hideo (1940- ) JP
南部 Nanbu 英夫 Hideo Japanese film director (1939- ) JP
増田 Masuda 日出雄 Hideo Japanese businessperson (1939- ) JP
臼井 Usui 日出男 Hideo Japanese politician (1939- ) EN JP
大橋 Ōhashi 秀夫 Hideo Japanese pastor (1939- ) JP
鈴木 Suzuki 日出男 Hideo Japanese literary scholar (1938-2013) JP
室田 Murota 日出男 Hideo Japanese actor (1937-2002) EN JP
亀井 Kamei 秀雄 Hideo Japanese teacher (1937-2016) JP
瀧 Taki 英男 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1936- ) JP
青木 Aoki 日出夫 Hideo Japanese translator (1936-2006) JP
中村 Nakamura 英夫 Hideo Japanese teacher (1935- ) JP
小川 Ogawa 英雄 Hideo Japanese archaeologist (1935-2016) JP
杉田 Sugita 秀男 Hideo Japanese figure skater (1935- ) JP
渡辺 Watanabe 秀央 Hideo Japanese politician (1934-2024) EN JP
佐藤 Satō 秀夫 Hideo Japanese educationist (1934-2002) JP
大田 Ōta 英雄 Hideo (1934-2005) JP
森本 Morimoto 英夫 Hideo Japanese translator (1934-2022) JP
菊地 Kikuchi 日出男 Hideo Japanese painter (1934- ) JP
藤田 Fujita 日出男 Hideo (1934-2008) JP
村上 Murakami 肥出夫 Hideo Japanese artist (1933-2018) JP
竹内 Takeuchi 日出男 Hideo Japanese screenwriter and writer (1933-2022) JP
大辻 Otsuji 秀夫 Hideo baseball player (1933- ) JP
篠沢 Shinozawa 秀夫 Hideo Japanese translator (1933-2017) JP
古賀 Koga 秀男 Hideo Japanese historian (1933-2022) JP
尾形 Ogata 英夫 Hideo Japanese magazine founder (1933-2007) EN JP
恩地 Onchi 日出夫 Hideo Japanese film director (1933-2022) EN JP
石井 Ishii 英夫 Hideo (1933-2024) JP
白木 Shiraki 秀雄 Hideo Japanese jazz drummer, bandmaster (1933-1972) EN JP
小田 Oda 英郎 Hideo Japanese political scientist (1933- ) JP
鈴木 Suzuki 秀夫 Hideo Japanese geographer (1932-2011) JP
大久保 Ōkubo 英男 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1932- ) JP
二瓶 Nihei 秀雄 Hideo Japanese actor (1932-2001) JP
相磯 Aiso 秀夫 Hideo Japanese computer scientist (1932- ) JP
藤木 Fujiki 英雄 Hideo Japanese jurist (1932-1977) JP
五十嵐 Igarashi 日出夫 Hideo Japanese teacher (1932-2006) JP
中邨 Nakamura 秀雄 Hideo (1932-2015) JP
木下 Kinoshita 秀雄 Hideo Japanese actor and seiyū (1931-2014) JP
引田 Hikita 英雄 Hideo Japanese film director (1931-2002) JP
大橋 Ōhashi 秀雄 Hideo Japanese teacher (1931- ) JP
富田 Tomita 英夫 Hideo Japanese teacher (1931-1998) JP
石黒 Ishiguro 英男 Hideo Japanese university teacher (1931-2010) JP
二木 Futatsugi 秀夫 Hideo Japanese politician (1930-2019) JP
毛利 Mōri 秀雄 Hideo Japanese biologist (1930- ) EN JP
杉田 Sugita 秀夫 Hideo (1930- ) JP
内山 Uchiyama 秀夫 Hideo Japanese political scientist (1930-2008) JP
加藤 Katō 日出男 Hideo Japanese activist and essayist (1929-2019) JP
小松 Komatsu 英雄 Hideo Japanese teacher (1929-2022) JP
村田 Murata 英雄 Hideo Japanese singer (1929-2002) EN JP
中村 Nakamura 英夫 Hideo Japanese painter (1929- ) JP
岡部 Okabe 英男 Hideo politician (1928-2020) JP
照井 Terui 秀夫 Hideo Japanese businessman (1928-2018) JP
田久保 Takubo 英夫 Hideo Japanese writer (1928-2001) EN JP
城所 Kidokoro 英夫 Hideo Japanese actor (1927-1997) JP
青木 Aoki 日出雄 Hideo (1927-1988) JP
田中 Tanaka 英夫 Hideo Japanese legal scholar (1927-1992) JP
安藤 Andō 英男 Hideo Japanese novelist (1927-1992) JP
峰島 Mineshima 旭雄 Hideo Japanese philosopher (1927-2013) JP
秋元 Akimoto 秀雄 Hideo (1926-2002) JP
岡 Oka 英雄 Hideo Japanese politician (1926-2009) JP
逢沢 Aizawa 英雄 Hideo Japanese politician and former Member of the House of Representatives (1926-2016) JP
西谷 Nishitani 英雄 Hideo (1926-2013) JP
佐藤 Satō 英夫 Hideo Japanese actor (1925-2006) JP
永井 Nagai 秀夫 Hideo Japanese historian (1925-2005) JP
宇南山 Unayama 英夫 Hideo Japanese accounting academic (1925-2016) JP
伊藤 Itō 秀雄 Hideo (1925- ) JP
稲川 Inagawa 英雄 Hideo Japanese announcer (1925-2004) JP
井上 Inoue 秀雄 Hideo Japanese historian (1924-2008) JP
匠 Takumi 秀夫 Hideo Japanese art critic (1924-1994) JP
岡島 Okajima 秀夫 Hideo Japanese agronomist (1924- ) JP
後藤 Gotō 秀夫 Hideo Japanese boxer (1923-1991) JP
田 Den 英夫 Hideo Japanese politician (1923-2009) EN JP
田村 Tamura 秀夫 Hideo (1923-2003) JP
清水 Shimizu 英夫 Hideo Japanese lawyer (1922-2013) JP
吉村 Yoshimura 秀雄 Hideo Japanese motorcycle builder (1922-1995) EN JP
中井 Nakai 英夫 Hideo Japanese writer and novelist (1922-1993) JP
伊藤 Itō 秀雄 Hideo Japanese judoka (1922-2002) JP
山本 Yamamoto 英雄 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1921-1944) JP
林 Hayashi 英夫 Hideo Japanese historian (1920-2007) JP
馬淵 Mabuchi 秀夫 Hideo Japanese businessman (1920-2013) JP
三好 Miyoshi 秀男 Hideo Japanese military personnel (1920-2014) JP
大竹 Ōtake 秀男 Hideo (1920-2006) JP
青木 Aoki 英夫 Hideo Japanese historian (1920-2014) JP
松下 Matsushita 秀雄 Hideo Audio-Technica founder (1919-2013) JP
辻 Tsuji 英雄 Hideo Japanese politician (1919-2005) JP
高 Kō 英男 Hideo Japanese singer (1918-2009) JP
清水 Shimizu 秀雄 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1918-1964) JP
和田 Wada 英夫 Hideo (1918-2001) JP
藤本 Fujimoto 英雄 Hideo Japanese professional baseball player, coach, baseball critic, baseball commentator (1918-1997) EN JP
鈴木 Suzuki 秀雄 Hideo (1917-2015) JP
鈴木 Suzuki 英夫 Hideo Japanese film director and screenwriter (1916-2002) JP
中村 Nakamura 英雄 Hideo (1916-1988) JP
三森 Sanmori 秀夫 Hideo Japanese baseball player (1914- ) JP
藤井 Fujii 英男 Hideo (1913-2002) JP
松岡 Matsuoka 英夫 Hideo Japanese politician (1912-2001) JP
橘 Tachibana 英雄 Hideo Japanese businessman (1912-1983) JP
糸川 Itokawa 英夫 Hideo Japanese aerospace engineer (1912-1999) EN JP
塩出 Shiode 英雄 Hideo Japanese painter (1912-2001) JP
小坂 Kosaka 秀雄 Hideo Japanese architect (1912-2000) JP
山本 Yamamoto 秀雄 Hideo Japanese judoka (1911-1991) JP
荒井 Arai 英郎 Hideo Japanese screenwriter (1911-1987) JP
加納 Kanō 秀夫 Hideo Japanese teacher (1911-2003) JP
山本 Yamamoto 秀夫 Hideo (1911-1991) JP
赤松 Akamatsu 秀雄 Hideo Japanese chemist (1910-1988) JP
大谷 Ōtani 日出夫 Hideo Japanese actor (1909-1971) JP
田中 Tanaka 秀雄 Hideo Japanese runner (1909- ) EN JP
堺井 Sakai 秀雄 Hideo Japanese association football player (1909-1996) EN JP
斎藤 Saitō 秀夫 Hideo (1909-2003) JP
菊盛 Kikumori 英夫 Hideo (1909-2001) JP
大脇 Ōwaki 英夫 Hideo Japanese lawyer (1908- ) JP
二木 Futaki 秀雄 Hideo (1908-1992) JP
松山 Matsuyama 英夫 Hideo (1906-1986) JP
茂原 Shigehara 英雄 Hideo Japanese photographer and film editor (1905-1967) JP
奥平 Okudaira 英雄 Hideo (1905-2000) JP
小国 Oguni 英雄 Hideo Japanese screenwriter (1904-1996) EN JP
吉田 Yoshida 秀雄 Hideo Japanese businessperson (1903-1963) JP
渡辺 Watanabe 英夫 Hideo Japanese Go player (1903-1998) JP
小林 Kobayashi 英夫 Hideo Japanese linguist (1903-1978) JP
石井 Ishii 秀雄 Hideo Japanese diplomat (1903-1983) JP
吉野 Yoshino 秀雄 Hideo Japanese writer (1902-1967) EN JP
齋藤 Saitō 秀雄 Hideo Japanese conductor (1902-1974) EN JP
小林 Kobayashi 秀雄 Hideo Japanese writer (1902-1983) EN JP
中西 Nakanishi 秀男 Hideo Japanese teacher (1901-1996) JP
市川 Ichikawa 秀雄 Hideo Japanese jurist-consultant (1901-1964) JP
山下 Yamashita 英男 Hideo (1899-1993) JP
周東 Sutō 英雄 Hideo Japanese politician (1898-1981) JP
篠田 Shinoda 英雄 Hideo Japanese translator (1897-1989) JP
松隈 Matsukuma 秀雄 Hideo Japanese businessperson (1896-1989) JP
矢野 Yano 英雄 Hideo Japanese military personnel (1894-1944) JP
藤森 Fujimori 秀夫 Hideo (1894-1962) JP
小西 Konishi 英夫 Hideo (1892-1955) JP
岸田 Kishita 日出男 Hideo Japanese local historian (1890-1959) JP
三上 Mikami 英夫 Hideo (1890-1982) JP
野村 Nomura 秀雄 Hideo Japanese journalist (1888-1964) JP
小泉 Koizumi 秀雄 Hideo botanist (1885-1945) JP
小野 Ono 秀雄 Hideo Japanese media historian (1885-1977) JP
長田 Nagata 秀雄 Hideo Japanese writer (1885-1949) JP
尾崎 Ozaki 放哉 Hideo Japanese poet (1885-1926) JP
池田 Ikeda 秀雄 Hideo Japanese politician (1880-1954) JP
黒田 Kuroda 英雄 Hideo politician (1879-1956) JP
藤野 Fujino 秀夫 Hideo Japanese actor (1878-1956) JP
太田 Ōta 秀穂 Hideo (1874-1950) JP
横田 Yokota 秀雄 Hideo 12 Sep 1862 - certain 16 Nov 1938 (1862-1938) JP
川俣 Kawamata 英夫 Hideo Japanese physician and educator (1856-1924) JP
松田 Matsuda 秀雄 Hideo 21 Sep 1851 - certain 23 Jan 1906 (1851-1906) JP
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