Hiro (given name)

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 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 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, a female Japanese light novelist
Hiro Yamagata (artist), Japanese painter/artist
Hiro (music producer), Japanese music producer
Hiro (photographer), American fashion photographer
Hiroko Shimabukuro, Japanese musician with the stage name Hiro
Hiro Mashima, Japanese manga artist and the creator of Rave Master and "Fairy Tail", among other manga
Hiro Matsushita, Japanese businessman and former racing driver
Hiro Murai, American filmmaker
Hiro Muramoto, Japanese cameraman and journalist slain during the 2010 Thai political protests
Hiro Narita, American cinematographer
Hiro Fujiwara, Japanese manga artist, once active under her previous pen name, Izumi Hiro
Hiro Mizushima, Japanese model and actor
Hiro Saga, a Japanese noblewoman and memoir writer
Hiro Sasaki, a professional wrestler
Hiro Saito, a Japanese professional wrestler
Hiro Suzuhira, Japanese manga artist, character designer and illustrator
Hiro Shimono, Japanese voice actor and singer
Hiro Kanagawa, Japanese-Canadian actor and playwright
Hiroki Moriuchi, Japanese singer and vocalist from MY FIRST STORY with the stage name Hiro
Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Japanese video game composer and keyboardist, aka Master Hiro
Hiro Takahashi, 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, American musician and co-founder of the Grammy Award-winning rock band Soundgarden
Hiro Poroiae, Tahitian footballer
Hiro Sachiya, a Japanese religious scholar and writer of Buddhism
Hiro Ohashi, a Japanese botanist
Hiro Yūki, Japanese voice actor
Hiro Peralta, is a Filipino actor
Hiro Matsuda, a Japanese wrestler and trainer
Hiro Fujikake, a Japanese composer, conductor and synthesizer player.
Hiro Ando, a Japanese contemporary artist
Hiroyuki Igarashi, Japanese dancer and producer known as Hiro, leader of Exile
Hiro-x, popularly known by his stage name Hiro-X
Hiro Badlani, Indian ophthalmologist and Hindu author
Hiro Thakur, Indian journalist, research scholar and poet

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 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
Hiro Miyamoto, a swordmaster and protagonist in the game Daikatana
Heero Yuy, 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 supervillain from Marvel Comics
Hiro Okamura, a teenage mechanical genius from Japan first appeared as the Toyman in Superman #177
Hiro Okuiri, a character from the anime Inazuma Eleven: Ares
Hiro Segawa, a character from the manga A Couple of Cuckoos
Hiro Shinosawa, a character from the game Gakuen Idolmaster
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. He was the first builder of large canoes with planks sewn together called pahi.
In Rapa Nui mythology, Hiro is an ancient rain deity. There is a stone aerophone on Easter Island called Pu o Hiro. It was used for fertility rituals and to call the rain deity during drought.