Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 十郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) じゅうろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /d͡ʑɯᵝː.ɾo̞ː/ Meaning & History From Japanese 十 (jū) meaning "ten" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Traditionally this name was given to the tenth son. Other combinations of kanji characters are possible as well.