Satoru
Satoru is a boy name of Japanese origin, meaning Current.
What Satoru means
Current.
Satoru sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Satoru 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.
Satoru is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Satoru?
Satoru is not in the current top 100 boy names we track. In practice that means a child called Satoru is unlikely to be one of three in a classroom — the name is established and recognisable, just not in heavy circulation right now.
Names like Satoru
These share Satoru's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Satoshi — Wise, clear-thinking.
- Sho — To soar, to fly; to prosper.
- Akira — Bright, clear.
- Daichi — Great land; great wisdom.
- Daiki — Great glory; great tree.
- Haruto — Sun flying; soaring.
- Hayato — Falcon person; swift.
- Hikaru — Light, radiance.
- Isamu — Courage, bravery.
- Kaito — Ocean; to soar, to fly.
- Kenji — Strong and wise.
- Kenta — Healthy, strong, big.