Hero for a boy?

[sadiesnakes]

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

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!

Hiro is nice, if you have a Japanese connection.

Regardless of gender, just no.

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!

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.

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

Sounds like an aftershave .....sorry

Milo
Arlo
Nero
Bruno
Jago
Otto
Marco
Enzo
Rocco

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