Jiru as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Jiru

What is the meaning of the name Jiru ?

The baby name Jiru is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced JEE-roo (IPA: /ˈdʒiːru/).

Jiru is in Origin.

Jiru is a cross-cultural given name with several roots. In Afan Oromo (Ethiopia), it comes from the verb jira- “to live/exist,” related to jiruu “life.” As a personal name it conveys “life,” “alive,” or “may he/she live,” and appears as both given name and surname among Oromo speakers and neighbors. Its use grew in the 20th century with a turn toward affirming, indigenous names.

In Chinese, Jiru is the pinyin of a two-character given name Ji + Ru; meanings depend on the characters, for example 吉如 (“auspicious, as [wished]”) or 继儒 (“to continue the scholarly/Confucian way”). Spellings Ji Ru or Ji-ru also occur. Internationally rare and often unisex, Jiru is sometimes confused with Japanese Jirō/Jiro (次郎/二郎 “second son”), an unrelated name that produces look-alike variants such as Jiro or Jirou.

⚙ Jiru is a rare name. It doesn't appear in any of the major national birth registries we track; we found only 56 recorded uses across 16 countries. Expect very few children to share this name.