Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 熊太郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) くまたろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kɯᵝ.mä.tä.ɾo̞ː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 熊 (kuma) meaning "bear (animal)" combined with 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations can form this name as well.