Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Masaru

mah-SAH-roo · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
Victory; excellence
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
victory · virtue
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Popularity over time

1992 rank#9336
1992 births5
Peak year1917
First appeared1912
Total US births447
1917 peak19121932195219721992
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Masa
Alternate spellings
Masaru

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