Hiro is a given name with various origins. It is of Japanese, Polynesian, Indian, Pakistani and Spanish origin. It has multiple meanings depending on the cultures.

Background

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". It is a unisex name in Japanese, but predominantly used by males.

The Polynesian masculine given name Hiro originates from Tahitian and Polynesian mythology. Hiro is a rain deity in Rapa Nui mythology. It also means hero and trickster. The highest mountain on Raivavae island is named Mont Hiro.

Hiro is also an Indian and Pakistani masculine given name. Its originally from the Sindhi language and means diamond. It came from the province of Sindh along the Indus River Delta. It is generally in the South Asian countries of India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan. A related feminine given name is Hira in Sanskrit.

The Spanish masculine name Hiro is a variant form of Chairo, Chiro and Hairo. It means "sacred name". It comes from a habitational place name in La Rioja from the root faro which means “beacon.”

Related given names are Hero, Iro and Hiero (Hieron) which have Ancient Greek origin. Hiro is a wordplay and paronym of hero.

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; 1936–2022), a Japanese religious scholar and writer of Buddhism
  • Hiro Ohashi(大橋 廣; 1882–1973), a Japanese botanist
  • Hiro Yūki(優希 比呂, born 1965), Japanese voice actor
  • Hiro Peralta (born 1994), is a Filipino actor
  • Hiro Matsuda(小島 泰弘, 1937–1999), 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
  • Hiro Badlani (born 1934), Indian ophthalmologist and Hindu author
  • Hiro Thakur (born 1943), Indian journalist, research scholar and poet

Fictional characters

Mythology

See also