Yoshihide (よしひで)

Yoshihide is read よしひで and has 4 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 佳英, 佳秀 and 嘉英. All three are masculine.

Reading

よ·し·ひ·で (4 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Yoshihide

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

  • 佳英
    よしひで
    Masculine

    Beautiful + outstanding

    • 佳(よし)— beautiful
    • 英(ひで)— outstanding
  • 佳秀
    よしひで
    Masculine

    Beautiful + excel

    • 佳(よし)— beautiful
    • 秀(ひで)— excel
  • 嘉英
    よしひで
    Masculine

    Auspicious + outstanding

    • 嘉(よし)— auspicious
    • 英(ひで)— outstanding

The kanji in Yoshihide

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

  • 佳beautiful2 spellings
  • 英outstanding2 spellings
  • 秀excel1 spelling
  • 嘉auspicious1 spelling

Yoshihide with common surnames

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Questions about Yoshihide

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

In our data every spelling of Yoshihide is masculine.

What does Yoshihide mean?

Yoshihide is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 佳英 reads as "beautiful + outstanding", 佳秀 reads as "beautiful + excel" and 嘉英 reads as "auspicious + outstanding". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Yoshihide be written in kanji?

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

How do you pronounce Yoshihide?

よしひで is 4 beats: よ · し · ひ · で. 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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