Hiro (given name) explained

Hiro
Pronunciation:	Hi-ro, Hee-ro, multiple pronunciations
Gender:	Male / Female
Meaning:	Multiple meanings depending on the kanji, language and culture, diamond (Sindhi), hero (paronym)
Language:	Japanese, Sindhi, Tahitian, Rapa Nui, Spanish
Origin:	Japan, Polynesia, India, Pakistan, South Asia, Latin America
Variant Forms:	Hiroo, Hiiro, Heero, Hira
Related Names:	Hiroshi, Hiroaki, Hiroki, Hirooki, Hiroko, Hiroka, Hiromi, Hirok (Hirock), Hero, Iro, Hiero, Hieron, Chairo, Chiro, Hairo, Herodotus

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 has multiple meanings, dependent on the characters used. The kanji 裕 means "abundant". 寛 means "generous, tolerant" and 浩 means "prosperous".^[1] 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.^[2] Its originally from the Sindhi language and means diamond.^[3] 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.^{[4] [5]} It means "sacred name". It comes from a habitational place name in La Rioja from the root faro which means “beacon.”^[6]

Related given names are Hero, Iro and Hiero (Hieron) which have Ancient Greek origin.^{[7] [8]} Hiro is a wordplay and paronym of hero.^[9]

People with the name

Notable people with the name include:

• , a female Japanese light novelist
• , Japanese painter/artist
• , Japanese music producer (writer of Kumi Koda's "Taboo")
• Hiro (photographer) (1930–2021), American fashion photographer
• , Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro
• , Japanese manga artist and the creator of Rave Master and "Fairy Tail", among other manga
• , Japanese businessman and former racing driver
• Hiro Murai (born 1983), American filmmaker
• , Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political protests
• , American cinematographer
• , Japanese manga artist, once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro
• , Japanese model and actor
• , a Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer
• , a professional wrestler
• , a Japanese professional wrestler
• , Japanese manga artist, character designer and illustrator
• , Japanese voice actor and singer
• , Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright
• , Japanese singer and vocalist from MY FIRST STORY with the stage name Hiro
• , Japanese video game composer and keyboardist, aka Master Hiro
• , Japanese singer, lyricist, and composer, best known for Yu Yu Hakusho ending themes, "Unbalance na Kiss o Shite" and "Taiyō ga Mata Kagayaku Toki"
• , American musician and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Soundgarden
• Hiro Poroiae (born 1986), Tahitian footballer
• , a Japanese religious scholar and writer of Buddhism
• , a Japanese botanist
• , Japanese voice actor
• , Japanese footballer
• Hiro Peralta (born 1994), is a Filipino actor
• , a Japanese wrestler and trainer
• , a Japanese composer, conductor and synthesizer player.
• Hiro Ando (born 1973), a Japanese contemporary artist
• , Japanese dancer and producer known as Hiro, leader of Exile
• , popularly known by his stage name Hiro-X
• Hiro Badlani (born 1934), Indian ophthalmologist and Hindu author^[10]
• Hiro Thakur (born 1943), Indian journalist, research scholar and poet^[11]

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
• Hiro, a character from the video game Bust a Groove
• Hiro, a character from the Hidamari Sketch comic strip
• Hiro, the main character in 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
• Hiro Miyamoto, a swordmaster and protagonist in the game Daikatana
• 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 Little Battlers Experience 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
• Hiiro Kagami, a character in the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
• Hiiro Amagi, a character from the rhythm game Ensemble Stars!!

Mythology

• Hiro is the god of thieves in Tahiti mythology, and a demigod in Polynesian mythology.^[12] He was the first builder of large canoes with planks sewn together called pahi.^[13]
• In Rapa Nui mythology, Hiro is an ancient rain deity. There is a stone aerophone on Easter Island called Pu o Hiro.^[14] It was used for fertility rituals and to call the rain deity during drought.

See also

• List of names derived from gemstones
• Hiroo (given name)
• Hiro

Notes and References

1. Web site: Male Japanese Names . 20,000 Names . June 1, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160624031439/http://www.20knames.com/male_japanese_names.htm . June 24, 2016.
2. Web site: Structure of Sindhi Language . India Mysore . Central Institute of Indian Languages . April 21, 2024 . https://archive.today/20241028182548/http://lisindia.ciil.org/Sindhi/sindhi_struct.html . 28 October 2024.
3. Book: Sindhi Roots & Rituals - Part 2. Harjani. Dayal N.. 2018. 1st. Lightning Source Inc. La Vergne, Tennessee. 978-1642494792. 258.
4. Web site: Hiro baby name . The Bump . October 16, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231016132006/https://www.thebump.com/b/hiro-baby-name . October 16, 2023.
5. Web site: 10 October 2022 . Hiro . https://web.archive.org/web/20211203073910/http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/1/Hiro . December 3, 2021 . Think Baby Names.
6. Web site: McNamara . Emily . 8 November 2024 . Hiro . live . https://archive.today/20241114183400/https://www.thebump.com/b/hiro-baby-name#selection-3969.403-3969.412 . 14 Nov 2024 . 14 Nov 2024 . The Bump.
7. Web site: Meaning, origin and history of the name Iro . https://web.archive.org/web/20230213081342/http://www.behindthename.com/name/iro . February 13, 2023.
8. Web site: 1962 . The Rise of Hiero II . https://archive.today/20241028191043/https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Plb.+1.8 . 28 October 2024 . Perseus (from: Histories. Polybius. Evelyn S. Shuckburgh. translator. London, New York. Macmillan. 1889. Reprint Bloomington 1962.).
9. Web site: Hiro versus Hero: "Big Hero 6" and the trouble with translation . Roger Ebert . Jana Monji . November 5, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230602051842/https://www.rogerebert.com/far-flung-correspondents/hiro-versus-hero-big-hero-6-and-the-trouble-with-translation . June 2, 2023.
10. Web site: Badlani . Hiro . 29 May 2009 . Dr. Hiro G. Badlani’s mini-encyclopedia on Hinduism . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20231003145104/http://hinduismpath.com/ . 3 October 2023 . Hinduism Path.
11. Web site: 28 April 2021 . Hiro Thakur . live . https://archive.today/20241023181556/https://thesindhuworld.com/hiro-thakur/ . 23 October 2024 . 23 October 2024 . The Sindhu World.
12. Web site: Documentary Research in Polynesian Mythology . Katharine Luomala, Ph.D. . 1940-01-01 . Journal of the Polynesian Society . https://web.archive.org/web/20180210082141/https://www.jps.auckland.ac.nz/document//Volume_49_1940/Volume_49%2C_No._194/Research_in_Polynesian_mythology_by_Katharine_Luomala%2C_p_175-196/p1 . February 10, 2018.
13. Web site: University of Hawaiʻi . Hiro, Teuira Henry . October 26, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211104191216/http://www2.hawaii.edu/~dennisk/voyaging_chiefs/hiro.html . November 4, 2021.
14. Web site: Pu o Hiro, the trumpet of Hiro . Imagina Rapa Nui Easter Island . October 29, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230402034320/https://imaginarapanui.com/en/easter-island-sightseeing/easter-island-archaeology/pu-o-hiro/ . April 2, 2023.