Hiro (given name)
Hiro (ひろ, ヒロ) is a Japanese given name with multiple meanings, dependent on the characters used. The kanji 裕 means "abundant". 寛 means "generous, tolerant" and 浩 means "prosperous".[1] Hiro is also an uncommon Spanish and Greek masculine name which is a variant form of Chairo and Jerome.[2] It means "sacred name".[2] It is also a Tahitian masculine given name with origins in Tahitian mythology.[3]
| Gender | Male / Female |
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Japanese, Tahitian, Spanish, Greek |
| Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Hiroo |
| Related names | Hiroshi, Hiroaki, Hiroki, Hirooki, Hiroko, Hiroka, Hiromi, Chairo, Jerome |
People with the name
Notable people with the name include:
- Hiro Arikawa (有川 浩, born 1972), a female Japanese light novelist
- Hiro Yamagata (artist) (山形 博導, born 1948), Japanese painter/artist
- Hiro (music producer) (ヒロ, born 1985), Japanese music producer (writer of Kumi Koda's "Taboo")
- Hiro (photographer) (1930–2021), American fashion photographer
- Hiroko Shimabukuro (島袋 寛子, born 1984), Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro
- Hiro Mashima (真島 ヒロ, born 1977), Japanese manga artist and the creator of Rave Master and "Fairy Tail", among other manga
- Hiro Matsushita (松下弘幸, born 1961), Japanese businessman and former racing driver
- Hiro Murai (born 1983), American filmmaker
- Hiro Muramoto (村本 博之, born 1977-2010), Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political protests
- Hiro Narita (ヒロ・ナリタ, 1941), American cinematographer
- Hiro Fujiwara (藤原 ヒロ, born 1981), Japanese manga artist, once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro
- Hiro Mizushima (水嶋 ヒロ, born 1984), Japanese model and actor
- Hiro Saga (嵯峨 浩, born 1914-1987), a Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer
- Hiro Sasaki (ひろ ささき, born 1950), a professional wrestler
- Hiro Saito (ヒロ 斉藤, born 1961), a Japanese professional wrestler
- Hiro Suzuhira (鈴平ひろ, born 1978), Japanese manga artist, character designer and illustrator
- Hiro Shimono (下野 紘, born 1980), Japanese voice actor and singer
- Hiro Kanagawa (金川 弘敦, born 1963), Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright
- Hiroki Moriuchi (森内 寛樹, born 1994), Japanese singer and vocalist from MY FIRST STORY with the stage name Hiro
- Hiroshi Kawaguchi (川口 博史, born 1965), Japanese video game composer and keyboardist, aka Master Hiro
- Hiro Takahashi (高橋 ひろ, 1964-2005), Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer, best known for Yu Yu Hakusho ending themes, "Unbalance na Kiss o Shite" and "Taiyō ga Mata Kagayaku Toki"
- Hiro Yamamoto (山本 紘, born 1961), American musician and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Soundgarden
- Hiro Poroiae (born 1986), Tahitian footballer
- Hiro Sachiya (ひろさちや, born 1936), a Japanese religious scholar and writer of Buddhism
- Hiro Ohashi (大橋 廣, born 1882), a Japanese botanist
- Hiro Yūki (優希 比呂, born 1965), Japanese voice actor
- Hiro Ozawa (小澤 寛, born 1998), Japanese footballer
- Hiro Peralta (born 1994), is a Filipino actor
- Hiro Matsuda (小島 泰弘, born 1937), a Japanese wrestler and trainer
- Hiro Fujikake (藤掛 廣幸, born 1949), a Japanese composer, conductor and synthesizer player.
- Hiro Ando (born 1973), a Japanese contemporary artist
- Hiroyuki Igarashi (五十嵐 広行, born 1969), Japanese dancer and producer known as Hiro, leader of Exile
- Hiromitsu-Aoki (青木 裕光, Born, 1980), popularly known by his stage name Hiro-X.
Fictional characters
- Hiro Nakamura, a character in the American television series Heroes with the ability to time-travel
- Hiro Hiyorimi, main protagonist of the series Princess Resurrection
- Hiro Granger, a character in the Beyblade series
- Hiro, a Hero Templates DS Version Marionette/Wooden mannequin Character in Isaac the Nintendo title, similar to the Golden Sun from Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter.
- Hiro Protagonist, a character in the science fiction novel Snow Crash
- Hiro Sohma, a character in the Fruits Basket anime and manga series
- Hiroshi Nohara, a character from the Crayon Shin-Chan series
- Hiro, a character from the video game Bust a Groove
- Hiro, a character from the Hidamari Sketch comic strip
- Hiro, the main character in Lunar: Eternal Blue video game
- Hiro, a character in Ginga Densetsu Weed series
- Hiiro, also known as Nora, a major supporting character in the manga/anime series Noragami.
- Hiro Sakurai, a main character in the Original English-language manga Miki Falls
- Hiro, a Japanese steam engine character from the Thomas and Friends special "Hero of the Rails"
- Hiro Fuse, a character from Scott Westerfeld's book, "Extras", of the Uglies series
- Hiro the Mini Ninja, a player character in Mini Ninjas video game
- Heero Yuy (ヒロ・ユイ, Hiro Yui), Pilot of the Zero suit and a main character in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
- Hiro Oozora, a character from Danball Senki W, one of the three protagonists.
- Hiro, one of the giant ninja toads from Mount Myoboku from the anime and manga series, Naruto.
- Hiro Takachiho, Marvel character from the superhero team Big Hero 6. He was renamed Hiro Hamada in the 2014 Disney film adaptation.
- Hiro, a character from the anime Darling in the Franxx.
- Hiro, one of the instructors in the video game Fitness Boxing 2: Rhythm and Exercise.
- Hiro Amanokawa, the main character of Digimon Ghost Game
- Hiro-Kala, a fictional supervillain in Marvel Comics
- Hiro Okamura, a teenage mechanical genius from Japan first appeared as the Toyman in Superman (vol. 2) #177
Mythology
See also
Notes
- "Male Japanese Names". 20,000 Names. June 1, 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016.
- "Hiro". Think Baby Names. 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021.
- "Hiro, Teuira Henry". University of Hawaiʻi. October 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021.
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