Given name & surname
Maro
“myself”
Maro is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “myself.”
Original Japanese丸
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “myself.”
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 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maro through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 75
- 75 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 8 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 8 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 715 as a first name in 2020; 574 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.
Maro’s family of names
In Armenian usage, Maro is a Roman-alphabet rendering of Մարո. In Greek usage, Maro as a surname is a transliteration of Μαρό. In Japanese usage, Maro as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 丸.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Mariaequivalent
- Meriequivalent
- Maritsaequivalent
- Marigoequivalent
- Μαριγώequivalent
- Μαρίτσαequivalent
- Maroulaequivalent
- Μαρούλαequivalent
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See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Maro
- Maro JokovićCroatian water polo playerborn 1987
- Maro ItojeEnglish rugby union playerborn 1994
- Maro EngelGerman racing driverborn 1985
- Maro BalićCroatian water polo playerborn 1971
- Maro Ajemianpianist (1921–1978)
- Maro DoukaGreek writerborn 1947
- Maro KontouGreek actress (1934–2026)
- Maro SargsyanArmenian painterborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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