Haru

Sunshine; springtime Haru was ranked 18th most popular name of 2006 in Japan, written with the character for "sunshine". It is the first or last element of a number of names, such as Haruko, Haruka, Haruna, Hiroaki, Hideaki. It is also the Japanese vocabulary word for springtime. The character for "spring" is a possible way to write the name, among others.