83%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 九郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) くろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kɯᵝ.ɾo̞ː/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 九 (ku) meaning "nine" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". This name was traditionally given to the ninth son. Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsku + rōVariantsKuro, KurouSame SpellingKuro Categories birth order, family, isograms, ninth, numeric meanings