Haru (given name)
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| gender = Unisex
| meaning = Sunshine; springtime
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| language = Japanese
| origin = Japan
| alternative spelling = はる
ハル
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| related names = Haruna, Haruka, Haruko, Harika
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{{Nihongo|Haru|はる, ハル}} is a unisex Japanese given name.
Written forms
The meaning varies depending on the kanji used to write it. Several written forms include:
- {{Nihongo2|春}} — Springtime
- {{Nihongo2|陽}} — Sun, sunlight
- {{Nihongo2|晴}} — Clear, sunny
- 治 — Reign
People
- Haru (Chikurin-in), Sanada Yukimura's wife
- Haru (actress) (born 1991, 波瑠), Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Haru Asada|浅田 春||1882–1902}}, Japanese concubine of Sun Yat-sen
- Haru Kobayashi (1900–2005, ハル), Japanese musician
- Haru Kuroki (born 1990, 華), Japanese actress
- {{Nihongo|Haru Nemuri|春 ねむり||born 1995}}, Japanese singer, songwriter, and "poetry rapper"
- {{Nihongo|Haru Nishioka|西岡 ハル||1905–1983}}, Japanese businessman and politician
- {{Nihongo|Haru Nomura|野村 敏京||born 1992}}, Japanese female professional golfer
- Haru M. Reischauer (1915–1998, ハル), Japanese writer
- {{Nihongo|Toshio Haru|波留 敏夫||born 1970}}, Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder
- {{Nihongo|Haru Wazaki|和崎 ハル||1885–1952}}, Japanese politician
Fictional characters
- Haru, a Mii character from Nintendo Wii
- Haru, a main character from My Roommate is a Cat
- Haru, a main character from Beastars
- Haru, a character from Avatar: The Last Airbender
- Haru, a main character from Extraordinary You
- Haru Glory, the main character from Rave Master
- Haru Midorikawa, character from Smile PreCure! (known as Harriet Swanson in English)
- Haru Miura, a major character from Reborn!
- Haru Okumura, a major character from Persona 5
- Haru Shinkai, a character from Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters
- Haru Yoshida, a main character from My Little Monster