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 Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
it is a short form (
hypocorism
A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', 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 I ...
) 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 b ...
(born 1980), Ethiopian runner
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Maru Díaz (born 1990), Spanish politician
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Maru Dueñas (1967–2017), Mexican actress
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Maru Nihoniho
Maru Nihoniho is the founder and managing director of Metia Interactive, and is also the designer and developer of several Video game, video games such as Sparx (video game), Sparx.
Life and career
Nihoniho was born in New Zealand in 1973, and ...
(born 1972), New Zealand entrepreneur
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Maru Sira (1948–1975), Sri Lankan criminal
Animals
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Maru (cat) (born 2007), Japanese YouTube personality
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Spanish feminine given names