Biru

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Beer in US United States, ZA South Africa, GB United Kingdom and 7 more, Bir in SY Syria, DZ Algeria, MA Morocco and 1 more, Baru in ID Indonesia, VN Vietnam and Bor in TR Türkiye, PL Poland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 26 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Biru is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name17K records spelled Biru3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia, United States

  Also written Bīru, Bîru

• Amharic given name2.5K records spelled Biru2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ethiopia, India, United States, Malaysia

  Also written ቢሩ

• Chinese given name346 records spelled Biru2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, China, Taiwan

  Also written Bi-Ru

• Romanian given name246 records spelled Biru3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Romania, Italy

  Also written Bîru, Bîrû

• Thai given name106 records spelled Biru199 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, Malaysia, United States, Laos

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written บุรี, Bin, Bill, บีรู, Bun

30 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Biru is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In iba, blue

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In mak, a tree whose leaves are used to prepare _madaʔ_ (opium), and to wrap _sirih_ in chewing areca-nut: _Licuala Rumphii_

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In nxg, throw, fling; strike with a stick; catch in a trap, lasso, etc.

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In sga, first-person singular present indicative absolute of beirid

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In kaw, blue (pale blue, greyish blue, greenish blue, turquoise?)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In goh, first-person singular present indicative of bëran

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 89 years between 1899–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 188 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Biru?

We estimate roughly 65 thousand people bear Biru (counting its spellings and scripts) across 14 countries in our records.

In which country does Biru have the most bearers?

Biru is most frequently recorded in Indonesia, where it is most often spelled baru.

How common is Biru compared with other names?

In South Africa, Biru is the 219th most common surname of 302,267 surnames recorded there.

Is Biru a male or female name?

Biru is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.