Japanese · Korean

Haru

Pronounced HAH-rooShare

Meaning: Spring or sunlight in Japanese spellings; day in Korean

  • Gender-neutral
  • Rare gem
  • 2 syllables

The story

Japanese Haru can use 春 for spring or 陽 for sunlight. Korean Haru, 하루, is a separate native-word name meaning day. These traditions share a romanized spelling but do not share one fixed meaning.

Also means

What Haru means in its other languages.

  • Koreanday

Spellings & variants

  • Ha-ru
  • 하루

Popularity

Rare gem

Rare in US records; use elsewhere may differ.

Style

Origins

Haru comes from Japanese and Korean.

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