Maru is a given name. In

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many countries in the Americas **Spanish cuisine **Spanish history **Spanish culture ...

it is a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for Isabel or ''Bob (given name), Bob'' fo ...

) of ''María Eugenia''. In Japanese maru (kanji: 丸, hiragana: まる), means circle. Notable people with the name include: * Maru Daba (born 1980), Ethiopian runner * Maru Díaz (born 1990), Spanish politician * Maru Dueñas (1967–2017), Mexican actress * Maru Nihoniho (born 1972), New Zealand entrepreneur *

Maru Sira Dedduwa Jayathungalage "D.J." Siripala ( Sinhala: දෙද්දුවා ජයතුංගලාගේ සිරිපාල; 1949 – August 7, 1975), also known by the pseudonym Maru Sira (''Maru: deadly, Sira'': Short form of Siripala), wa ...

(1948–1975), Sri Lankan criminal *

Maru Teferi Maru Abinet Teferi (; ; born 17 August 1992), also known as Teferi Marhu, is an Israeli marathon and half marathon runner, and an Olympian. He won a silver medal in men's marathon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships, a silver medal in m ...

(born 1992), Israeli Olympic marathoner

Animals

Maru (cat) Maru (, born 24 May 2007) is a male Scottish Straight cat in Japan who has become popular on YouTube. Videos featuring Maru have been viewed over 535 million times, and at one point held the Guinness World Record for the most YouTube video view ...

(born 2007), Japanese YouTube personality cat

Animals

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