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Meaning

Garou can mean many things.

• Garou was the nickname of Québécois singer-songwriter Robert Charlebois, in the 1970s.
• Garou became the stage name of another Québécois singer, Pierre Garand, in the 1990s.
• Garou is a term used by a race of werebeasts to refer to themselves in the role-playing game called Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
• Garou is an abbreviation of Garou Densetsu, the original Japanese name for the Fatal Fury series.
• Garou, literally "Hungry Wolf" in Japanese. "Okami" is the Japanese word for Wolf.

Etymology

From the French "loup-garou", meaning "werewolf." "Loup" means "wolf" (from the Latin "lupus", meaning the same), and "garou" descends from the Frankish "wariwulf" ("werewolf", in case it's not obvious) though a long sequence of typically French sound changes.

Additionally: Japanese word, Garou, meaning Hungry Wolf

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