Hiro (given name)

HiroPronunciation| Hi-ro, Hee-ro

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Gender| Male / Female
Origin
Word/name| Japanese, Polynesian, 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, Hero, Iro, Chairo, Jerome

Hiro is a given name of Japanese, Polynesian, Spanish and Greek origin.[1] The Japanese given name Hiro (ひろ, ヒロ) has multiple meanings, dependent on the characters used. The kanji 裕 means "abundant". 寛 means "generous, tolerant" and 浩 means "prosperous".[2] It is a unisex name in Japanese, but predominantly used by males. Hiro is also a Polynesian masculine given name with origins in Tahitian and Polynesian mythology.[3][4] Hiro is also a Spanish and Greek masculine name which is a variant form of Chairo and Jerome.[1][5] It means "sacred name".[5] Related given names are Hero and Iro which have Ancient Greek origin.[6]

## People with the name[edit]

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[edit]

* 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[edit]

* Hiro is the god of thieves in Tahiti mythology,[3] and a demigod in Polynesian mythology.[4] He was the first builder of large canoes with planks sewn together called pahi.[3]

## See also[edit]

* Hiroo (given name)

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b "Hiro baby name". The Bump. October 16, 2023. Archived from the original on October 16, 2023.
2. ^ "Male Japanese Names". 20,000 Names. June 1, 2016. Archived from the original on June 24, 2016.
3. ^ a b c "Hiro, Teuira Henry". University of Hawaiʻi. October 26, 2011. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021.
4. ^ a b Katharine Luomala, Ph.D. (1940-01-01). "Documentary Research in Polynesian Mythology". Journal of the Polynesian Society. Archived from the original on February 10, 2018.
5. ^ a b "Hiro". Think Baby Names. 10 October 2022. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021.
6. ^ "Meaning, origin and history of the name Iro". Archived from the original on February 13, 2023.

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