In all the world, Masanori (Masanori 
, マサノリ , Масанори 
) is quite a rare male forename. The first name Masanori is characteristic of Japan, where it is a rare masculine name, the United States, where it is a very rare dominantly male, but infrequently female name, and China, where it is a very rare boy's name. More prevalently, Masanori is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Masanori | Brazil, Japan, United States, Thailand, China |
| マサノリ | Japan |
| Масанори | Russia |
| มาซาโนริ | Thailand |
| hōjō masanori samurai of the early Kamakura period (b. 1189) |
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| akiyama masanori (b. 1551) |
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| masanori mori (b. 1601) |
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| masanori kagawa (b. 1613) |
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| tōyama masanori daimyo of the early to middle Edo period; 2nd lord of Yunagaya (b. 1674) |
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| honda masanori (b. 1681) |
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| matsudaira masanori (1742-1804) (b. 1742) |
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| ikeda masanori hatamoto (b. 1765) |
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| masanori sakakibara (b. 1776) |
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| tsutsui masanori (b. 1778) |
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honda masanori 1849- (b. 1849) |
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| masanori abei politician (1806-1823) (b. 1806) |
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uchida masanori (b. 1847) |
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| naitō masanori daimyo of the early Meiji period; 14th lord of Yunagaya (b. 1848) |
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| abe masanori (b. 1840) |
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