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Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts (Japanese Kanji) すばる(Japanese Hiragana) スバル(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. SOO-BA-ROO  [key·IPA]

Meaning & History

This name is used as 昴 (kou, bou, subaru), referring to the Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation or the Pleiades.
The noun is an extension of the verb 統ばる (subaru) meaning "to bunch together, to unite," from the way the stars in the Pleiades cluster together.
Added 8/23/2006 by anonymous
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C, m4yb3_daijirou, Aoi and more