Teruo
Teruo is a boy name of Japanese origin, meaning Thong.
What Teruo means
Thong.
Teruo sits at 5 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Teruo 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.
Teruo is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Teruo?
In the boy name rankings we track, Teruo falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
Names like Teruo
These share Teruo's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Tatsuya — Dragon; to accomplish.
- 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.