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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Latin : All-knowing
  • American : Good judgment

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Kato

Family name origins & meanings

  • Japanese (Katō) : variously written; most bearers descend from the Fujiwara of Kaga (Kaga no Fujiwara). Kaga is now part of Ishikawa prefecture. Mostly found along the southeastern seaboard and in the Ryūkyū Islands. One family was daimyō of Hizen (now Nagasaki prefecture).
  • Hungarian (Kató) : from a pet form of the female personal name Katalin (see Catherine).

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