Kiyoshi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese きよし (Kiyoshi).

Proper noun

Kiyoshi

1. A male given name from Japanese.
   • 1983, Hyung-chan Kim, Distinguished Asian Americans: A Biographical Dictionary, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 113:

     Gordon Kiyoshi Hirabayashi, known for his courage to challenge the U.S. government policy to evacuate, relocate, and intern all persons of Japanese ancestry during the Pacific War, was born in Seattle on April 23, 1918.

Japanese

Romanization

Kiyoshi

1. Rōmaji transcription of きよし