Satoru is a boy's name of Japanese origin meaning “to know.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Satoru belongs to the Japanese tradition. Its meaning — “to know” — is the sense carried by its Japanese roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Satoru first appears in Social Security records in 1914. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1888 in 1917, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 235 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Satoru means “to know” in its Japanese roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Satoru is a boy name.
Satoru comes from the Japanese tradition.
Satoru first appears in US records in 1914. Its best-ever ranking was #1888 in 1917, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to hello@namepetal.com — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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