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Minoru - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Minoru

[ 3 syll. mi-no-ru, min-oru ] The boy name Minoru is pronounced as MIHNAORuw †. Minoru's origin, as well as its use, is in the Japanese language. The meaning of the name is fruition.

Minoru is a rare baby boy name. At the modest peak of its usage in 1920, 0.004% of baby boys were given the name Minoru. It was #982 in rank then. The baby name has experienced a loss in popularity since then, and is now of sporadic use. Out of all boy names in its family, Minoru was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Minoru include Mamoru (Japanese), Marara (African), Marijo (Slavic), Mario (Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and German), Marrio, Maruo, Mayur (Indian), Mounir (Arabic and German), Manar (Arabic), Marar (African), Mari (Slovenian), Maurey (English), Mauri (Finnish), Maurie (English and Spanish), Mauro (Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese), Maury (English), Maurycy (Polish), Mayer (Hebrew), Merri (French), and Merry (English).

 



† English pronunciation for Minoru: M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)"


 
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Meaning of Minoru