Baby name
STABLE
🇯🇵 Hotaru
/ho · TAH · roo/
Meaning
“Firefly glow”
A feminine name of Japanese origin meaning firefly glow.
Nicknames
hot
Vibe
poetic
How it ages.
Hotaru has been a familiar fixture in Japan birth records for decades, holding its place without dramatic swings.
The cultural moment.
Japanese birth registers have shown Hotaru holding a steady rank across the last decade, with no sharp rises or drops.