Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Minoru

MEE-noh-roo · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
To bear fruit
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
abundance · virtue
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Popularity over time

1939 rank#2253
1939 births11
Peak year1921
First appeared1912
Total US births675
1921 peak19121919192619321939
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Mino
Alternate spellings
Minoru

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