Goro

Meaning of Goro

Goro is a masculine Japanese given name etymologically constructed from the morphemes go (五, “five”) and rō (郎, “son”), having traditionally been bestowed upon a family’s fifth male offspring. This appellative practice reflects classical East Asian onomastic conventions, wherein ordinal designations serve to signify both birth order and auspicious familial intent. Pronounced GOH-roh (IPA: /goːroː/), the name appears only sporadically in United States birth records between 1916 and 1928—annual occurrence counts fluctuating from five to twelve and Social Security Administration rankings consistently occupying positions between roughly 500 and 550—thereby illustrating its rarity and its role as a cultural marker among Japanese-American and broader diasporic communities. Although infrequent in Anglo-American settings, Goro has nevertheless sustained a presence in literary and popular-culture narratives, underscoring its capacity to function both as an invocation of ancestral heritage and as a distinctive identifier within transnational naming practices.

Pronunciation

Japanese

• Pronunced as GOH-roh (/goːroː/)

• Hiro
• Jiro