Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 彦次郎, 彦治郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひこじろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /çi.ko̞.ʑi.ɾo̞ː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince" combined with 次 (ji) meaning "order, sequence, next" or 治 (ji) meaning "govern, administer" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.