Haruo

Meaning of Haruo

Haruo is a masculine Japanese name born of the characters haru (spring or clear) and o (man or hero), a union that sings of dawn’s first light spilling over dew-kissed fields. Through centuries of brush and ink, it has been entrusted to sons as an emblem of renewal and steadfast grace, each syllable unfurling like petals in a gentle breeze. In the early decades of the twentieth century, Haruo drifted on the trade winds to Hawai‘i’s shores, its resonant sounds appearing with quiet regularity in birth registers—a testament to the enduring bond between distant islands. Steeped in the delicate poetry of cherry blossoms at daybreak, Haruo evokes a spirit both serene and resolute, promising the eternal promise of each unfolding season.

Pronunciation

Japanese

• Pronunced as hah-roo-oh (/haˈroː/)

• Haruki
• Haruto