Haruna is from the Japanese haru (春 — spring) + na (奈 or 菜 — greens, vegetable). A modern Japanese baby name in the broader East Asian heritage aesthetic. Haruna Kawaguchi (born 1995) — Japanese actress; Your Lie in April (2016), Kingdom (2019); 4x Tokyo Drama Award winner; one of the most-popular young Japanese actresses of the 2010s. Haruna Kojima (born 1988) — Japanese pop singer; former member of AKB48 — Japan's #1 idol group during the 2010s; over 50 million records sold collectively. Mount Haruna (Haruna-san) — sacred mountain in Gunma Prefecture, Japan; one of the Three Mountains of Jōmō (Jōmō Sanzan); a major Shinto pilgrimage site. Haruna Reservoir (Haruna-ko) — major Japanese lake. Haruna Kawaguchi — one of the most-beloved young Japanese actresses; ambassador for Shiseido. Haruna Yabuki — Japanese former model. HMS Haruna — historic Japanese battleship (named for Mount Haruna). The Haruna name reflects the broader 2020s American taste for Japanese-heritage feminine names alongside Sakura, Akira, and Haruna.
Featured throughout Japanese pop culture and Shinto tradition.
Haruna reduces to five.