Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 弥太郎, 弥太朗, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. YAH-TAH-ṘO: [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 弥 (ya) meaning "universally", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" combined with 郎 (rou) meaning "son" or 朗 (rou) meaning "bright, clear". Other combinations of kanji characters are also possible.