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Hero for a boy?

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sadiesnakes · 18/03/2018 02:54

I know Myleene Klass called her little girl Hero?. Is it too pretentious/ celebrity?
Honestly?

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OlennasWimple · 19/03/2018 00:34

Milo
Arlo
Nero
Bruno
Jago
Otto
Marco
Enzo
Rocco

....There are loads of better boys names ending in O out there!

Maverick66 · 19/03/2018 00:29

Sounds like an aftershave .....sorry

mylaptopismylapdog · 19/03/2018 00:28

No I wouldn’t as I think too much attached to it’s meaning in other contexts.

PaperdollCartoon · 19/03/2018 00:06

Hero is a girl’s name. Hiro is a Japanese boy’s name and would be very odd to use if you’re not Japanese.

sycamore54321 · 18/03/2018 23:56

I think it's an unfeasibly big name for anyone to pull off. However I consider myself pretty well read and did not know the Shakespeare character. Also hero is one of those nouns with a feminine form that is fairly currently used - heroine - so if I saw Hero Jones on a list of names, I'd presume it was a boy.

I wouldn't call any baby is though!

chezmk1988 · 18/03/2018 22:31

Regardless of gender, just no.

Dontrocktheboat · 18/03/2018 21:14

Hiro is nice, if you have a Japanese connection.

Dontrocktheboat · 18/03/2018 21:13

It's definitely a girl's name (Shakespeare reference as noted already) so to use it for a boy would firstly look like you were unaware of this. (In a similar vein to people using Beau for a girl when it is obviously a boy's name),

It's ok for a girl - a bit pretentious - but definitely not for a boy as a) you would look ignorant of literary reference and b) it is opening up to ridicule if child not very heroic!

Homebird8 · 18/03/2018 20:29

We had a little exchange student stay with us called Hiro. He is Japanese and his full name is Hiromi. DS, who studies Japanese, tells me it means ‘my hero’.

pimlicolife · 18/03/2018 19:47

Too much potential for piss taking. Be kind and don't do it!

nancy75 · 18/03/2018 19:45

I went to school with a boy called Hiro but his family we're Japanese

MammieBear · 18/03/2018 19:44

Popular boy name in Japan.

MikeUniformMike · 18/03/2018 19:39

I think it's dreadful. How about Horatio?

RavenWings · 18/03/2018 13:29

I agree that it sets up a certain expectation for the child.

Hero - no, just looks like you don't know it's a female name.
Hiro - I actually like it, but it might be a bit odd if you've no Japanese connection.

TatianaLarina · 18/03/2018 09:50

Either way, too try hard

Or to put it another way: ‘I’m conventional you should to be conventional too’.

TatianaLarina · 18/03/2018 09:48

Love it for a girl. I knew a Hero at school.

For a boy a) it’s a girl’s name and b) it’s a lot to live up to.

AlbertaSimmons · 18/03/2018 09:26

It’s a girl’s name. It would be exactly the same as calling a boy Charlotte. Why would you do it? It’s not gender neutral.

Dalg · 18/03/2018 09:23

It makes me think of the boy in Big Hero Six. I think he is Hiro. I had never heard the name until I saw that movie. It is a lovely name.

Dixiestampsagain · 18/03/2018 09:05

Agree with PP that it just says Thomas the Tank to me!

SuperBeagle · 18/03/2018 06:14

Definitely a girls' name. Either way, too try hard.

DullAndOld · 18/03/2018 06:10

hm seems a bit of a massive expectation built into the name, and a bit of a set up for mockery.
If you like boys' names ending in O there are lots of lovely names like Cosmo or Arlo...

Sleephead1 · 18/03/2018 06:07

it reminds me of Thomas the tank there is a engine called hiro master of the rails but it is pronounced hero.

HuskyMcClusky · 18/03/2018 05:24

It’s a girls’ name. Even then, it’s too much to line up to.

StinkPickle · 18/03/2018 05:13

Imagine it on a weedy bespeckled boy with his head in a book and then imagine how cruel other kids are.

SandLand · 18/03/2018 05:07

I know a Hiro (sounds like Hero). He's lovely.

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