Teruyo
Teruyo is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Substitute.
What Teruyo means
Substitute.
Teruyo 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 Teruyo 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.
Teruyo is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Teruyo?
Teruyo is not in the current top 100 girl names we track. In practice that means a child called Teruyo 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 Teruyo
These share Teruyo's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Tsuki — The moon.
- Akari — Light, brightness.
- Aoi — Hollyhock; the color blue.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.
- Hana — Flower, blossom.
- Haruka — Distant; spring.
- Himari — Facing the sun; sunflower.
- Hina — Sun, light.
- Hoshi — Star.
- Kaede — Maple leaf.
- Kiku — Chrysanthemum.
- Megumi — Blessing, grace.