Ichiro (いちろう, いちろ)
Ichiro stands for 2 readings: いちろう (4 beats) and いちろ (3 beats). Our data lists 4 spellings: 伊千郎, 以知朗, 以知郎 and 一路. One is feminine and three are masculine.
Reading
い·ち·ろ·う / い·ち·ろ (3–4 beats)
Kanji spellings
4 in our data
Gender
Mostly masculine
Source
JMnedict, the open name dictionary
Kanji spellings of Ichiro
One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.
- 伊千郎いちろうMasculine
Thousand
- 伊(い)— chosen for sound
- 千(ち)— thousand
- 郎(ろう)— name ending
- 以知朗いちろうMasculine
Know + clear
- 以(い)— chosen for sound
- 知(ち)— know
- 朗(ろう)— clear
- 以知郎いちろうMasculine
Know
- 以(い)— chosen for sound
- 知(ち)— know
- 郎(ろう)— name ending
- 一路いちろFeminine
One + path
- 一(いち)— one
- 路(ろ)— path
English spelling drops long vowels, so いちろう (い·ち·ろ·う) and いちろ (い·ち·ろ) all become Ichiro. The beats tell them apart, and every beat takes about the same time to say.
The kanji in Ichiro
What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.
- 郎name ending2 spellings
- 以chosen for sound2 spellings
- 知know2 spellings
- 伊chosen for sound1 spelling
- 千thousand1 spelling
- 朗clear1 spelling
- 一one1 spelling
- 路path1 spelling
Ichiro with common surnames
Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.
Names that sound similar
Names that start or end with the same sounds.
Other names that use 千 (thousand)
Ichiro on our lists
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Questions about Ichiro
Is Ichiro a boy's or a girl's name?
It depends on the spelling: 伊千郎 is masculine, 以知朗 is masculine, 以知郎 is masculine and 一路 is feminine.
What does Ichiro mean?
Ichiro is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 伊千郎 reads as "thousand", 以知朗 reads as "know + clear" and 以知郎 reads as "know". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.
How many ways can Ichiro be written in kanji?
Our data lists 4: 伊千郎, 以知朗, 以知郎 and 一路. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.
How do you pronounce Ichiro?
いちろう is 4 beats (い · ち · ろ · う) and いちろ is 3 beats (い · ち · ろ). Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.
Where this comes from
The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.
How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.
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