In the entire world, Minoru (Minoru 
, ミノル , Минору 
) is quite a rare gender-neutral first name. The forename Minoru is habitual in Japan, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Canada, where it is a rare masculine name, and Chile, where it is a very rare male name. Not in comparison with a country's population, this name is the most popular in Japan, China, and the United States. More frequently, Minoru is the last name as well as the forename.
Minoru is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Minoru Ōkuma , the fictional character from Akebi's Sailor Uniform.
| yamada minoru Japanese landowner and politician (b. 1842) |
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minoru yamasaki American architect, US (b. 1912) |
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minoru yasui (1916-1986) American lawyer and activist, US (b. 1916) |
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yoshida minoru Japanese visual artist (b. 1935) |
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| minoru yasuda (b. 1881) |
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| minoru nakahara (b. 1893) |
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| minoru izawa (b. 1897) |
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| minoru hara (b. 1897) |
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| minoru takarabe Japanese sailor (b. 1908) |
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| minoru masuda (b. 1899) |
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| minoru kamimura botanist (b. 1909) |
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| minoru inagaki (b. 1899) |
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| minoru urabe Japanese numerical analyst (b. 1912) |
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| minoru masuda Japanese-American psychiatrist, pharmacist and soldier, US (b. 1915) |
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| minoru kamimura (b. 1908) |
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