Given name
Mamoru
“of the earth”
Mamoru is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “of the earth.”
Original Japanese真守
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “of the earth.”
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 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mamoru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 182
- 182 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 16 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 5 in 1937. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 150 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Mamoru’s family of names
Mamoru has a related form in Mamorew. Mamoru has a related form in Mamoroo. Mamoru has a related form in Mamorou.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Mamoru
- Mamoru OshiiJapanese filmmaker, television director, and writerborn 1951
- Mamoru ShigemitsuJapanese diplomat and politician (1887–1957)
- Mamoru HosodaJapanese anime directorborn 1967
- Mamoru MiyanoJapanese voice actor (born 1983)
- Mamoru MohriJapanese astronautborn 1948
- Mamoru SamuragochiJapanese composer who falsely stated he was totally deafborn 1963
- Mamoru KanbeJapanese directorborn 1962
- Mamoru ShiragamiJapanese volleyball player1944–2014
- Mamoru NaganoJapanese mechanic designer, character designer, cartoonist (1960-)
Characters named Mamoru: Tuxedo Mask (Sailor Moon), Mamoru Endō (Inazuma Eleven).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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