Taro as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Taro

What is the meaning of the name Taro ?

The baby name Taro is a boy name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TAH-roh.

Taro is Japanese in Origin.

Taro is the unmarked roman spelling of Japanese Tarō, whose established written form is 太郎. The first kanji 太 supplies ta, large or great; 郎, read rō, denotes a son, young man, or male attendant. As a compound, 太郎 became a conventional male given name for an eldest or firstborn son, with the macron in Tarō marking the long o. Spellings without the macron, such as Taro, flatten that vowel distinction in English-language use while retaining the older literal sense.

Tarō has long served in Japan as both a real name and a generic male placeholder, as in Yamada Tarō on forms and in textbooks. Folklore reinforced the pattern through Momotarō and Urashima Tarō, where the element marks a male hero rather than a surname. Modern bearers include Tarō Asō, Tarō Kōno, Tarō Hakase, and Tarō Okamoto. Romanized variants include Tarō, Tarou, and Taroh; Taro is common where diacritics are omitted.