Maru, a novel by Bessie Head

Kobayashi Maru, a fictional starship from the motion picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

The name of an icebreaker in the Alien vs. Predator film.

The Maru language, one of several spoken among the Kachin people in Myanmar/Burma and China.

The word maru is often attached as a suffix to Japanese ship names. See Japanese ship naming conventions.

Eureka Maru, a fictional starship from the television show Andromeda.

Tūmatauenga, the Māori god of war.

Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship.

The name of a ship that experiences time shifts in Piper Maru, episode 3x15 of The X-Files.

Maru (丸) is Japanese a bailey (castle wall).

Hakudo Maru, the spirit in Japanese mythology who taught humans how to make ships

Maru (mythology) is a Māori war god.

Măru - a Romanian village.

The Japanese name for a circle, which is used to mean "correct"; the opposite of batsu.

Alternate term for Madu, a weapon of Indian origin.