Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Tetsuya

TET-soo-yah · 7 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Iron arrow; philosophy
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
strength · classic
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Popularity over time

1988 rank#8386
1988 births5
Peak year1987
First appeared1987
Total US births12
1987 peak19871987198819881988
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Tetsu
Alternate spellings
Tetsuya

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Notable people named Tetsuya

Tetsuya Kakihara (artist)