Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 五郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) ごろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɡo̞.ɾo̞ː/ Meaning & History From Japanese 五 (go) meaning "five" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". This was traditionally a name for the fifth son. Different combinations of kanji are also possible.