Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 勝郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji) かつろう(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /kä.t͡sɨᵝ.ɾo̞ː/ Meaning & History From Japanese 勝 (katsu) meaning "victory" and 郎 (rō) meaning "son". Different kanji characters can combine to form this name as well.