Given name & surname
Goro
“the fifth-born child”
Goro is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “the fifth-born child.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “the fifth-born child.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Goro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 77
- 77 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1923
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 1928. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 12 in 1923. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 264 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Goro’s family of names
In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Goro has a related form in Gudrun. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Goro has a related form in Guru. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Goro has a related form in Guru.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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