Yoshiro (よしろう)

Yoshiro is read よしろう and has 4 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 佳朗, 佳郎 and 嘉朗. All three are masculine.

Reading

よ·し·ろ·う (4 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Yoshiro

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

  • 佳朗
    よしろう
    Masculine

    Beautiful + clear

    • 佳(よし)— beautiful
    • 朗(ろう)— clear
  • 佳郎
    よしろう
    Masculine

    Beautiful

    • 佳(よし)— beautiful
    • 郎(ろう)— name ending
  • 嘉朗
    よしろう
    Masculine

    Auspicious + clear

    • 嘉(よし)— auspicious
    • 朗(ろう)— clear

The kanji in Yoshiro

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

  • 佳beautiful2 spellings
  • 朗clear2 spellings
  • 郎name ending1 spelling
  • 嘉auspicious1 spelling

Yoshiro with common surnames

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Questions about Yoshiro

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

In our data every spelling of Yoshiro is masculine.

What does Yoshiro mean?

Yoshiro is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 佳朗 reads as "beautiful + clear", 佳郎 reads as "beautiful" and 嘉朗 reads as "auspicious + clear". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Yoshiro be written in kanji?

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

How do you pronounce Yoshiro?

よしろう is 4 beats: よ · し · ろ · う. 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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