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Torao
How to Pronounce Torao
Pronounced toh-RAH-oh /toˈɾao/Medium
Meaning: Torao is a Japanese boy's name in romaji, most often read as tora, 'tiger', plus o, 'man' or 'male', giving 'tiger man' or 'tiger husband', a name suggesting strength and courage. As always with Japanese names the precise sense depended on the written characters a family chose.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Torao is a traditional Japanese masculine name, usually joining tora, 'tiger', to o, 'man', for a sense of strength and courage. In American records it belongs to the early Japanese immigrant community; the exact meaning always rode on the characters a family selected.
It appears in United States data only briefly and thinly in the early twentieth century, borne by a small handful of Japanese-American boys before it vanished from the records. It reads as an authentic heritage name of that generation.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Torao mean?
It's a Japanese name usually read as tora, 'tiger', plus o, 'man', though the exact sense depends on the characters.
How do you pronounce Torao?
It's said toh-RAH-oh /toˈɾao/, three syllables.
Is Torao a boy or girl name?
Torao is used as a boy's name.
Is Torao a popular name?
No, it has always been rare in America, a Japanese heritage name borne by a small early-twentieth-century community.