Katsu
given name · Latin script
Meaning, in Japanese: Rōmaji transcription of かつ
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɑtsu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Katsu is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Brazil than in any other country.
- BRBrazil1 in 10M(measured from records)
carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Brazil (measured from records)
- Sources
- 8 (measured from records)
- 1 in 10M (inferred from the name graph)
21 people, 2022
Highest-authority source
Brazil
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Rōmaji transcription of かつ
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.
How Katsu is read(measured from records)
Katsu is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- Japanese76%
Rōmaji transcription of かつ
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
- English14%
A word shouted out in Zen Buddhism (as well as other sects of Buddhism), and in East Asian martial arts schools, used to help focus the energy (気 (ki)), and thereby induce an enlightened state.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Katsu counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
21 people counted by IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror), 2022. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Katsu is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, Victoria
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
In Indonesian, katsu: Panko breaded and deep-fried Japanese food
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In pwn, carry
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Basque, ( AN-larr ap. Asp Leiz ). Tuerto. Itsua katsueri argiaz mintzo . Or EG 1954 (9-10), 149.
as a wordOrotariko Euskal Hiztegia (OEH) — General/Historical Basque Dictionary, Euskaltzaindia
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Katsu Kokichib. 1802JPSamurai noted for his autobiography (1802–1850)
- Katsu Kaishub. 1823JPJapanese noble, statesman and naval engineer (1823–1899)
- Koroku Katsub. 1852JP7 Mar 1852 - 8 Feb 1892
- Shintarō Katsub. 1931JPJapanese actor and director (1931-1997)
- Eijirō Katsub. 1950JPJapanese bureaucrat and businessperson
- Alma Katsub. 1959USAmerican author of the Taker Trilogy
- Seiji Katsub. 1961JPJapanese bassist, music producer, composer, singer, ukulele player (1961-)
- Minami Katsub. 1998JPJapanese amateur golfer
- Noriko Katsub. 2000researcher
- Eiko KatsuJPJapanese economist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 10 sources across 7 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 21 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 2006 | 1 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 1965 | 1 | — |
| CL Chile | SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021) | 1993 | 1 | — |
Reference works 2
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Katsu mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of かつ Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Katsu?
- A machine transcription gives /kɑtsu/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Katsu a male or female name?
- Katsu is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Katsu have the most bearers?
- In Brazil, the national register counted about 21 people named Katsu, more than in any other country we hold.
- Where is Katsu most common?
- Katsu is densest in Brazil, where the national register counts about 1 in 10 million people carrying it.
- How common is the name Katsu?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 21 people named Katsu in 2022, about 1 in 10 million residents.
What do you want to know about Katsu?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/katsuThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Katsu”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.