Daisuke: Name Meaning, Kanji and Popularity

Ways to write Daisuke

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

大輔

大big, great輔help

Boy, best No. 1 (1973–2010)

大介

大big, great介to help, mediate

Boy, best No. 2 (1974–1983)

大助

大big, great助to help

Boy, 3 notable people on Wikidata

大佑

大big, great佑help, protection

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

大裕

大big, great裕abundant

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

大亮

大big, great亮clear, bright

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Daisuke appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

太助big + to helpBoy

内輔inside + helpBoy

Popularity in Japan

Where the most popular spelling of Daisuke has ranked among baby names each year. It reached No. 1 in 8 different years, most recently 1986.

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Year	Boys
2010	No. 74
2009	No. 60
2008	No. 55
2006	No. 41
1999	No. 4
1994	No. 7
1993	No. 7
1992	No. 9
1991	No. 7
1990	No. 10
1988	No. 4
1987	No. 4
1986	No. 1
1985	No. 1
1984	No. 1
1983	No. 1
1982	No. 1
1981	No. 1
1980	No. 1
1979	No. 1
1978	No. 2
1977	No. 2
1976	No. 2
1975	No. 2
1974	No. 2
1973	No. 10

Source: Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance yearly baby name survey. It covers the top 10 names each year from 1912 to 2003, and the top 100 names and top 50 readings from 2004.

Famous people named Daisuke

Daisuke Matsui 松井大輔Japanese association football player

Daisuke Oku 奥大介Japanese association football player (1976–2014)

Daisuke Nasu 那須大亮Japanese association football player

Daisuke Sudo 大輔Japanese association football player and manager

Daisuke Tomita 冨田大介Japanese association football player

Daisuke Takahashi 大輔Japanese figure skater

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.

Names that share a kanji

翔太Shōta 大輝Daiki 大翔Haruto 颯太Sōta 大和Yamato 大地Taichi 大雅Taiga 新Arata