Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Noboru

NOH-boh-roo · 6 letters · 3 syllables
What it means
To rise; ascend
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
ascent · virtue
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Popularity over time

1945 rank#3641
1945 births5
Peak year1920
First appeared1912
Total US births484
1920 peak19121920192919371945
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Nobo
Alternate spellings
Noboru

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Notable people named Noboru

Noboru Takeshita (former PM)