| Tatsuya | Yamato | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | dragon | Great harmony |
| Origin | japanese | Japanese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | tah-tsoo-yah | yah-MAH-toh |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 0 | 2000 |
| Peak year | 1994 (11) | 2007 (11) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Tatsuya | Yamato |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 57 |
| 2000s | 29 | 62 |
| 1990s | 63 | 0 |
| 1980s | 12 | 0 |
Japanese given name that is dragon-meaning only in the kanji spellings that use the dragon elements, e.g. 竜也 (tatsu 'dragon' + ya) or 辰也 (辰 'dragon' of the zodiac + ya). Hedge: the reading is kanji-dependent and other spellings carry unrelated senses such as 達也 'accomplished/far-reaching', so the dragon meaning holds only for the 竜/辰 writings.
Yamato means “great harmony,” an ancient poetic name for Japan itself.
Tatsuya and Yamato are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Tatsuya means dragon (japanese origin), while Yamato means Great harmony (Japanese origin).
In US records, Tatsuya first appears in 0 and Yamato in 2000, so Tatsuya has the longer recorded history.