Kaoru

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Kaoru is a Japanese given name for males and females.

Name Meanings

The name's meaning varies depending on its written form:

  • 薫/郁 — "fragrance", common for both males and females
  • 馨/香 — "fragrance", more common for females
  • かおる —　purely phonetic form in hiragana; no inherent meaning
  • かをる — same as above, using を as an archaic substitute for お
  • カオル — phonetic form in katakana

As a distinctly unisex name, its usage in popular culture has risen in recent years to give the named character an air of androgyny. Such characters commonly have overt androgynous qualities as well.

A similar name, in terms of both pronunciation and meaning, is Kaori. It is used exclusively for females.

People

  • Kaoru 薫 (m) (one of the guitarists of Dir En Grey)
  • Kaoru Abe 阿部薫 (m) (free Jazz saxophonist)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese film director, producer and editor
  • Kaoru Akimoto (秋元薫) Born: 1964, Japanese singer-songwriter.She was also a vocalist for the band SHAMBARA. She was discovered while participating as a backup vocalist for Matsutoya Yumi's live tour in 1983.
  • Kaoru Fujino (かほる), voice actor
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese speed skater
  • Kaoru Hasuike 薫 (m) (academic, writer, translator, and Japanese national once abducted by North Korea)
  • Kaoru Hatoyama (1888–1982), Japanese educator
  • Kaoru Ide, Japanese architect
  • Kaoru Ikeya 薫 (m) (astronomer)
  • Kaoru Inoue 馨 (m) (statesman)
  • Kaoru Ishibashi (m) (musician, Kishi Bashi)
  • Kaoru Ishikawa (m) (business theorist, developer of the Ishikawa diagram)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese musician
  • Kaoru Kurimoto (1953–2009), Japanese novelist
  • Kaoru Kobayashi (m) (actor)
  • Kaoru Maeda 薫 (f) (professional wrestler)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese sport shooter
  • Kaoru Mitoma (m), Japanese footballer
  • Kaoru Mori 薫 (f) (manga author)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese lawyer and judge
  • Kaoru Otsuki (1888–1970), Japanese politician
  • Kaoru Shima (島薫, 1897–1977), Japanese physician
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese voice actress
  • Kaoru Sugayama かおる (f) (volleyball player)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese female badminton player
  • Kaoru Tada (1960–1999), Japanese manga artist
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese novelist and essayist
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese footballer
  • Kaoru Uno 薫 (m) (mixed martial artist)
  • Kaoru Usui 薫 (m) (photographer)
  • Kaoru Kimura (f) Japanese astronomy educator; President, International Planetarium Society 2021-22
  • Kaoru Wada 薫 (m) (composer)
  • Script error: No such module "Nihongo"., Japanese basketball player
  • Kaoru Yachigusa (1931–2019), Japanese actress
  • Kaoru Yosano 馨 (m) (politician)

Fictional characters

All names (except for Fujiwara no Kaoru and Kamiya Kaoru) are in western naming order.

References


See also

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