Naru
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɑɹu/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Naru is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 144K(inferred from the name graph)
- MYMalaysia≈1 in 454K
- BDBangladesh≈1 in 564K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Naru itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 62 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 144K (inferred from the name graph)
465 named Neeru, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
United Arab Emirates, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Naru counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 465as Neeru | 1 in 715K | 455 | Naru | 61 |
| BD Bangladesh | ≈290 est. | ≈1 in 564K | — | Naru | 5 |
| PK Pakistan | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 1.1M | — | Naru | 9 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 187K | — | Naru | 6 |
| NG Nigeria | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 1.9M | — | Naru | 3 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈72 est. | ≈1 in 454K | — | Naru | 11 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | ≈70 est. | ≈1 in 144K | — | Naru | 6 |
| QA Qatar | ≈21 est. | ≈1 in 115K | — | Naru | 2 |
| KW Kuwait | ≈20 est. | ≈1 in 148K | — | Naru | 1 |
465 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020, counting the spelling neeru. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Naru is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In gay, long
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of なる
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In enm, alternative form of narwe
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bhp, long (of objects)
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
In Finnish, cord, line, rope
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In wrh, honey
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kang Na-rub. 1983KRnot in their usual nameSouth Korean athletics competitor
- Naru Shinoyab. 1994JPJapanese badminton player
- Naru Nanaob. 2000JPJapanese artist
- Naru AmanoJPJapanese voice actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 19 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, voter-file supplement (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 1
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Naru?
- A machine transcription gives /nɑɹu/ (IPA) for Hindi.
- Is Naru a male or female name?
- Naru is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Naru have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 465 people named Neeru, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Naru?
- In the United States, the national register counted 465 people named Neeru in 2020, about 1 in 715 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Naru?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/naruThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Naru”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.