Saburo (さぶろう)
Saburo is read さぶろう and has 4 beats. Our data lists 4 spellings: 三郎, 三朗, 佐武郎 and 佐武朗. All four are masculine. Some of them are on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.
Reading
さ·ぶ·ろ·う (4 beats)
Kanji spellings
4 in our data
Gender
Masculine
Source
Hand-reviewed list of everyday names and JMnedict, the open name dictionary
Kanji spellings of Saburo
One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.
- 三郎さぶろうCommonMasculine
Third son
- 三(さぶ)— three
- 郎(ろう)— name ending
- 三朗さぶろうMasculine
Three + clear
- 三(さぶ)— three
- 朗(ろう)— clear
- 佐武郎さぶろうMasculine
Help + martial
- 佐(さ)— help
- 武(ぶ)— martial
- 郎(ろう)— name ending
- 佐武朗さぶろうMasculine
Help + martial + clear
- 佐(さ)— help
- 武(ぶ)— martial
- 朗(ろう)— clear
The kanji in Saburo
What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.
- 三three2 spellings
- 郎name ending2 spellings
- 朗clear2 spellings
- 佐help2 spellings
- 武martial2 spellings
Saburo with common surnames
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Names that sound similar
Names that start or end with the same sounds.
Other names that use 三 (three)
Saburo on our lists
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Questions about Saburo
Is Saburo a boy's or a girl's name?
In our data every spelling of Saburo is masculine.
What does Saburo mean?
Saburo is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 三郎 reads as "third son", 三朗 reads as "three + clear" and 佐武郎 reads as "help + martial". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.
How many ways can Saburo be written in kanji?
Our data lists 4: 三郎, 三朗, 佐武郎 and 佐武朗. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.
How do you pronounce Saburo?
さぶろう is 4 beats: さ · ぶ · 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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