Yamato is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning “mountains.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Yamato belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “mountains” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Yamato first appears in Social Security records in 2000. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #7566 in 2007, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 129 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Yamato means “mountains” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Yamato is a boy name.
Yamato comes from the Japanese tradition.
Yamato first appears in US records in 2000. Its best-ever ranking was #7566 in 2007, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Yamato is pronounced /jɑˈmɑtoʊ/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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