Given name

Naru

Naru is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Naru 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 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Naru through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20240.0
Naru in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2024–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

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.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Naru’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Naru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 愛.

Walk Naru’s family in the name graph

Naru愛

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

People named Naru

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

Similar names

If you love Naru, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Nivam

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Nuaym

11Very rare

>99% boys

Modern

Nirvin

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Ansor

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Amirus

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Notorious

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Nikshay

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Zymair

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Naru’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Naru

A sister for Naru