Given name & surname · Japanese
勝
勝 (Masaru) is a masculine given name, meaning “to be superior to, to excel, to surpass, to rival.” It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Masaru.
Meaning & origin
What it means
勝 means “to be superior to, to excel, to surpass, to rival.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
勝’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 勝 has a conventional equivalent in the English form MASARU. In Japanese usage, 勝 can be written in the Roman alphabet as MASARU. In Japanese usage, 勝 can be written in the Roman alphabet as SUGURU.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 勝
- Masaru UchiyamaJapanese association football playerborn 1957
- Masaru EmotoJapanese writer1943–2014
- Masaru KurotsuJapanese association football playerborn 1982
- Masaru AkibaJapanese association football playerborn 1984
- Masaru HashiguchiJapanese association football playerborn 1974
- Masaru Furukawaswimmer (1936–1993)
- Chen ShengQin Dynasty rebel250 BC–207 BC
- Liu Sheng, Prince of ZhongshanPrince of Zhongshan (died 113 BC)200 BC–112 BC
- Thomas Yeh Sheng-nanArchbishop and Apostolic Nuncioborn 1941
Characters named 勝: Guan Sheng (Chinese novel Water Margin fictional character).
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