Yasuo (やすお)

Yasuo is read やすお and has 3 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 安生, 安男 and 安夫. All three are masculine.

Reading

や·す·お (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Yasuo

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 安生
    やすお
    Masculine

    Peaceful + life

    • 安(やす)— peaceful
    • 生(お)— life
  • 安男
    やすお
    Masculine

    Peaceful

    • 安(やす)— peaceful
    • 男(お)— name ending
  • 安夫
    やすお
    Masculine

    Peaceful

    • 安(やす)— peaceful
    • 夫(お)— name ending

The kanji in Yasuo

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 安peaceful3 spellings
  • 生life1 spelling
  • 男name ending1 spelling
  • 夫name ending1 spelling

Yasuo with common surnames

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Questions about Yasuo

Is Yasuo a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Yasuo is masculine.

What does Yasuo mean?

Yasuo is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 安生 reads as "peaceful + life", 安男 reads as "peaceful" and 安夫 reads as "peaceful". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Yasuo be written in kanji?

Our data lists 3: 安生, 安男 and 安夫. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Yasuo?

やすお is 3 beats: や · す · お. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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