Kintaro
Kintaro is a boy name of Japanese origin, meaning Plump, son.
What Kintaro means
Plump, son.
Kintaro sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Kintaro comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Kintaro is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Kintaro?
Kintaro does not currently chart in the top 100 boy names. Rankings move constantly, and names can spend decades out of the lists before returning — so this says more about the present moment than about the name itself.
The character of Kintaro
We group Kintaro under flowers and growing things. If that is the quality drawing you to it, the theme link below collects every other name we hold in the same group.
Themes: Flower
Names like Kintaro
These share Kintaro's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Kyuta — Plump.
- Kiku — Chrysanthemum.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Kahori — Plum.
- Kanoka — Flower.
- Kiyoka — Flower.
- Sakura — Cherry blossom.
- Yuna — Gentle; lotus.
- Aika — Flower.
- Airi — Plum.