The story behind Taru
Pet form of Swedish (from Danish) Dagmar, also associated with Finnish taru (“legend”) (inspired by the Swedish given name Saga < saga (“saga, legend; fairytale”)).
Pronunciation
Finnish: /ˈtɑru/
Regional pronunciation variants
- Finnish: [ˈt̪ɑ̝ru]
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Names Similar to Taru
Tadeu
From Latin Thaddaeus, from Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος (Thaddaîos), from Aramaic תַדַּי (Ṯaday), of uncertain origin.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Timeu
a male given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Timaeus
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Turo
From Danish Ture or Swedish Ture.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends O
- same syllable count
- similar length
Aamu
From aamu (“morning”). First used as a given name in 1899.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Ahu
Borrowed from Classical Persian آهو (āhū).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Alceu
Borrowed from Latin Alcaeus.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends U
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Taru
Akseli
From Danish Aksel (mostly via Swedish Axel), from a vernacular form of Biblical Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (ʾAḇšālōm, literally “father of peace”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Georg
From Danish, Estonian, Faroese, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Georg, from Latin Geōrgius. The slang sense is from Spiders Georg.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends G
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Georgína
Borrowed, probably from Danish Georgine; corresponds to Georg + -ína.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Taru
Akseli
From Danish Aksel (mostly via Swedish Axel), from a vernacular form of Biblical Hebrew אַבְשָׁלוֹם (ʾAḇšālōm, literally “father of peace”).
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Anders
Borrowed from Danish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Anders.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends S
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Axel
From Danish Aksel, first used for the bishop and statesman Absalon Hvide (1128–1201), from biblical Absalom. Some sources suggest that the bishop was originally named Áskell,…
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Ending
- ends L
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length