Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 彦太郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ひこたろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /çi.ko̞.tä.ɾo̞ː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Other character combinations can form this name as well.