Hero for a boy?

[sadiesnakes]

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

Bizarrely it's a girls' name, so not OK for a boy. I've never met one but have come across it in novels.

I don't mind it, it's in the same vein as Juno, but it really isn't a boys' name.

Well, it's a girl's name but that doesn't necessarily matter. There's a male train on Thomas the Tank Engine called Hiro which is pronounced the same way...

I think of it as a girls name. There's a female character in Shakespeare's Much Ado called Hero and I would find it odd to hear it as a boy's name to be honest

No, definitely not. It would just look like you didn't know it was a classical reference to a female character, and (worse) that you wanted to announce your child as the second coming.

It is a VERY common boy's name actually. In Japan. It's used for the eldest son very regularly.

Sorry Hiro is I mean. Not Hero.

Yes I see it's spelt Hiro and very popular in Japan! I think it's still pronounced Hero?

Yes, I know a Hiro and it’s pronounced Hero. Personally, I think there’s too much potential of getting mocked for a boy. On a girl, I quite like it.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Either way, too try hard

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

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.

I think it's dreadful. How about Horatio?

Popular boy name in Japan.

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

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

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’.