Isamu
Isamu is a boy name of Japanese origin, ranked #98 in popularity, meaning Courage, bravery.
What Isamu means
Courage, bravery.
Isamu sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Isamu 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.
Isamu is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Isamu?
Isamu is ranked #98, 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 Isamu
We group Isamu under Brave. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Brave
Names like Isamu
These share Isamu's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Anders — Manly, brave.
- Andreas — Manly, brave.
- Everett — Brave as a wild boar.
- Finn — Fair, white; the legendary hero Fionn.
- Leonardo — Brave as a lion.
- Wyatt — Brave in war.
- Andrei — Manly and brave.
- Andres — Manly, brave.
- Andrew — Manly and brave.
- Arash — Hero; bright.
- Archie — Truly bold and brave.
- Bernard — Brave as a bear.