Given name & surname
Maru
Maru is a feminine given name. It is used in English and Cebuano.
Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Maru isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2015. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 37
- 26 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 14 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 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 704 as a first name in 2020; 661 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.
Maru’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Maru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 円. In Japanese usage, Maru as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 丸.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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