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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 咲太郎, 匠多郎, 匠太郎, 商太郎, 奨多朗, 奨多郎, 将多朗, 将太朗, 将大朗, 小太郎, 尚多朗, 尚太郎, 庄太郎, 承太郎, 捷太郎, 昇多郎, 昌多朗, 昌太郎, 昭多郎, 昭太郎, 晶太朗, 梢多朗, 梢太朗, 照太郎, 祥多朗, 祥太朗, 祥太郎, 象太郎, 鍾太郎, 鐘太郎, 政太郎, 正多郎, 正太郎, 荘太郎, 翔多朗, 翔太良, 翔太郎, 薔多朗, 薔太朗, 鏘太郎, 頌多郎, 頌太朗, 頌太郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. SHO:-TAH-ṘO:  [key]
Other Forms FormsShotaro, Shōtarō

Meaning & History

From Japanese 咲 (shou) meaning "blossom", 匠 (shou) meaning "artisan, workman, carpenter", 商 (shou) meaning "make a deal, selling, dealing in, merchant", 奨 (shou) meaning "exhort, urge, encourage", 将 (shou) meaning "leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about", 小 (shou) meaning "little, small", 尚 (shou) meaning "esteem, furthermore, still, yet", 庄 (shou) meaning "level, in the country, manor, village, hamlet", 承 (shou) meaning "acquiesce, hear, listen to, be informed, receive", 捷 (shou) meaning "victory, fast", 昇 (shou) meaning "rise up", 昌 (shou) meaning "prosperous, bright, clear", 昭 (shou) meaning "shining, bright", 晶 (shou) meaning "sparkle, clear, crystal", 梢 (shou) meaning "treetops, twig", 照 (shou) meaning "illuminate, shine, compare, bashful", 祥 (shou) meaning "auspicious, happiness, blessedness, good omen, good fortune", 象 (shou) meaning "elephant, pattern after, imitate, image, shape, sign (of the times)", 鍾 (shou) meaning "spindle, gather, collect", 鐘 (shou) meaning "bell, gong, chimes", 政 (shou) meaning "politics, government", 正 (shou) meaning "correct, justice, righteous", 荘 (shou) meaning "villa, inn, cottage, feudal manor, solemn, dignified", 翔 (shou) meaning "soar, fly", 薔 (shou) meaning "a kind of grass", 鏘 (shou) meaning "tinkling of jade or metal pendants" or 頌 (shou) meaning "eulogy", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big", 多 (ta) meaning "many, frequent, much" or 大 (ta) meaning "large, big" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son", 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear" or 良 (rou) meaning "good, pleasing, skilled". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer was Shotaro Ishinomori, a Japanese manga artist who became an influential figure in manga, anime, and tokusatsu, creating several immensely popular long-running series such as Cyborg 009, the Super Sentai series and the Kamen Rider Series and Shōtarō Koseki, a renowned Japanese photographer.
Added 12/3/2016 by cutenose
Edited 1/27/2023 by Mike C, Sofia and cutenose