Kaoru
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Key facts
- Given name.name
- Kaoru
- Given name.pronunciation
- (Ka-OH-roo)
- Given name.gender
- Unisex
- Given name.meaning
- Fragrance
- Given name.language
- Japanese
- Given name.origin
- Japanese
- Given name.variant forms
- Kaori
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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
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