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鹿 "deer" and Maru is a common male name ending that means, roughly, "circle" or "ring"

so a correct way to explain shikamaru's name would be "he is named after deer"

in specific, it's a type of Japanese deer, the sika variety, cervus nippon

This is also similar to Akamaru, Orochimaru, and others, "red" and "yamata no orochi" are the origins of their names. see also, Haimaru sankyoudai and kuromaru.

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