Given name
Hotaru
“resembling a firefly”
Hotaru is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a firefly.”
Original Japanese蛍
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “resembling a firefly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
Hotaru’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Hotaru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 蛍.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Hotaru
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