Yamato
Yamato is a boy name of Japanese origin, ranked #105 in popularity, meaning Great harmony.
What Yamato means
Great harmony.
Yamato 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 Yamato 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.
Yamato is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Yamato?
Yamato is ranked #105, 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 Yamato
We group Yamato under Peace. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Peace
Names like Yamato
These share Yamato's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Itsuwa — Harmony.
- Tokiwa — Harmony.
- Bodhi — Enlightenment, awakening.
- Friedrich — Peaceful ruler.
- Noah — Rest, comfort, repose.
- Oliver — Olive tree; symbol of peace.
- Stellan — Calm, still.
- Aarav — Peaceful; melody.
- Aksel — Father of peace.
- Axel — Father of peace.
- Callum — Dove; peace.
- Colm — Dove.