Given name · Japanese
昴
“to bunch together; to unite”
昴 (Subaru) is a feminine given name, probably from Old Japanese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Noboru.
Meaning & origin
What it means
昴 probably goes back to a word meaning “to bunch together; to unite.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
昴’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 昴 can be written in the Roman alphabet as TAKASHI. In Japanese usage, 昴 can be written in the Roman alphabet as NOBORU.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
昴 has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Japanese roots to each of them.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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