| Tsubasa | Tatsuya | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Wing | dragon |
| Origin | Japanese | japanese |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | tsoo-BAH-sah | tah-tsoo-yah |
| Syllables | 3 | 3 |
| First appeared | 1997 | 0 |
| Peak year | 1997 (9) | 1994 (11) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Tsubasa | Tatsuya |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 17 | 29 |
| 1990s | 22 | 63 |
| 1980s | 0 | 12 |
Tsubasa is the Japanese word for “wing.”
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.
Tsubasa and Tatsuya are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Tsubasa means Wing (Japanese origin), while Tatsuya means dragon (japanese origin).
In US records, Tsubasa first appears in 1997 and Tatsuya in 0, so Tatsuya has the longer recorded history.