Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Takeru 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 1992. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Takeru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 89
- 89 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 11 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 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 141 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.
Takeru’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Takeru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of たける. In Japanese usage, Takeru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 丈流. In Japanese usage, Takeru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 丈琉.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 21
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 岳竜original script · Japanese
- 猛竜original script · Japanese
- 丈瑠original script · Japanese
- 武尊original script · Japanese
- 尊留original script · Japanese
- 尊琉original script · Japanese
- 尊流original script · Japanese
- 尊瑠original script · Japanese
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- 丈留original script · Japanese
- 丈琉original script · Japanese
- 丈流original script · Japanese
- 武琉original script · Japanese
- 武留original script · Japanese
- 武流original script · Japanese
- たけるoriginal script · Japanese
- 武瑠original script · Japanese
- 岳original script · Japanese
- 尊original script · Japanese
- 長original script · Japanese
- 猛original script · Japanese
- 武original script · Japanese
People named Takeru
- Takeru SatohJapanese actorborn 1989
- Takeru KiyonagaJapanese association football playerborn 1994
- Takeru KobayashiJapanese competitive eaterborn 1978
- Takeru KitazonoJapanese artistic gymnast (2002-)
- Takeru OtsukaJapanese snowboarderborn 2001
- Takeru InukaiJapanese politician (1896–1960)
- Takeru ItakuraJapanese association football playerborn 1998
- Takeru ShibakiJapanese actor and voice actorborn 1982
- Takeru ImamuraJapanese baseball playerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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