Satoshi, an extremely common Japanese name, usually means "virtue and truth."

Naka means "inner" and moto means "source" but Nakamoto is also a very common Japanese surname.

The name was carefully selected to have such a significance.

中 = Naka = inside, inner, center, central

本 = Moto = source, origin, origination

Satoshi is not so straightforward to translate, because the meaning of a Japanese person's first name depends on the Kanji character that was used to spell it.

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Hmmm, so this person must know a lot about the Japanese origin!

Yes it's a reasonable inference!

Plus like another commenter said, it's a super generic name from a country that flies under the radar in the first place.

It's a good name, the root of the source code for truth and virtue.