Maru is a given name. In
Spanish it is a short form (
hypocorism) of ''María Eugenia''.
Notable people with the name include:
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Maru Daba
Maru Daba (born 12 December 1980) is a retired Ethiopian long-distance runner, who specialized in the 3000 metres steeplechase. He represented Ethiopia at the 2000 Sydney Olympics and at the 1999 World Championships in Athletics.
His personal be ...
(born 1980), Ethiopian runner
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Maru Díaz
María Eugenia "Maru" Díaz Calvo (born 30 April 1990) is a Spanish politician for the party Podemos. First elected to the Cortes of Aragon in 2015, she led the party in the 2019 election, and was subsequently made Minister of Science, Universit ...
(born 1990), Spanish politician
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Maru Dueñas
Maru Dueñas (born María Eugenia Dueñas Posadas; October 3, 1967 – November 11, 2017) was a Mexican actress, director and producer.
Dueñas studied at the Andrés Soleracademy and later at the Centro de Educación Artística of Televisa in 1 ...
(1967–2017), Mexican actress
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Maru Nihoniho (born 1972), New Zealand entrepreneur
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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
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Maru (cat) (born 2007), Japanese YouTube personality
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Spanish feminine given names