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Kaoru is a Japanese given name for males and females.

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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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