Kitaro (きたろう)

Kitaro is read きたろう and has 4 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 喜太郎, 喜多朗 and 希太郎. All three are masculine.

Reading

き·た·ろ·う (4 beats)

Kanji spellings

3 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Kitaro

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 喜太郎
    きたろう
    Masculine

    Joy + thick

    • 喜(き)— joy
    • 太(た)— thick
    • 郎(ろう)— name ending
  • 喜多朗
    きたろう
    Masculine

    Joy + many + clear

    • 喜(き)— joy
    • 多(た)— many
    • 朗(ろう)— clear
  • 希太郎
    きたろう
    Masculine

    Hope + thick

    • 希(き)— hope
    • 太(た)— thick
    • 郎(ろう)— name ending

The kanji in Kitaro

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 喜joy2 spellings
  • 太thick2 spellings
  • 郎name ending2 spellings
  • 多many1 spelling
  • 朗clear1 spelling
  • 希hope1 spelling

Kitaro with common surnames

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Kitaro on our lists

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Questions about Kitaro

Is Kitaro a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Kitaro is masculine.

What does Kitaro mean?

Kitaro is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 喜太郎 reads as "joy + thick", 喜多朗 reads as "joy + many + clear" and 希太郎 reads as "hope + thick". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Kitaro be written in kanji?

Our data lists 3: 喜太郎, 喜多朗 and 希太郎. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Kitaro?

きたろう is 4 beats: き · た · ろ · う. 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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