Hayato
Hayato is a boy name of Japanese origin, ranked #100 in popularity, meaning Falcon person; swift.
What Hayato means
Falcon person; swift.
Hayato sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Hayato comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Hayato is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Hayato?
Hayato is ranked #100, near the outer edge of the top hundred. Names here are often on the way up or on the way down, so this is the band where a name can feel fresh and established at the same time.
The character of Hayato
Hayato sits in our strength group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Strong
Names like Hayato
These share Hayato's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.
- Kenta — Healthy, strong, big.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Tatsuya — Dragon; to accomplish.
- Arthur — Bear; noble and courageous.
- Atlas — Enduring; the Titan who bears the sky.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Elijah — Yahweh is my God.
- Ethan — Strong, firm, enduring.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
- Gabriel — God is my strength.