Given name
Hiroshi
“a generous man”
Hiroshi is used as a given name. One Japanese interpretation is “a generous man.”
Original Japanese弘至
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “a generous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Hiroshi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,565
- 1,565 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #10,063 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 10,063 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 16.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 81 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,778 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Hiroshi’s family of names
Hiroshi has a related form in Hiroshea. Hiroshi has a related form in Hiroshee. Hiroshi has a related form in Hiroshey.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Hyrosheavariant
- Hyrosheevariant
- Hyroshyvariant
- Hyrosheyvariant
- Hyroshievariant
- Hyroshivariant
- Hirosheavariant
- Hirosheevariant
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Spellings & scripts 63
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- 弘至original script · Japanese
- 宇宙original script · Japanese
- 啓史original script · Japanese
- 啓至original script · Japanese
- 啓志original script · Japanese
- 巨士original script · Japanese
- 寛旨original script · Japanese
- 寛志original script · Japanese
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- 寛士original script · Japanese
- 寛史original script · Japanese
- 寛司original script · Japanese
- 寛開original script · Japanese
- 郭之original script · Japanese
- 郭志original script · Japanese
- 拡史original script · Japanese
- 拡司original script · Japanese
- 海史original script · Japanese
- 嘉嗣original script · Japanese
- 旺之original script · Japanese
- 宇志original script · Japanese
- 広之original script · Japanese
- 浩嗣original script · Japanese
- 浩司original script · Japanese
- 緋禄司original script · Japanese
- 比露思original script · Japanese
- 比露志original script · Japanese
- 日露史original script · Japanese
- 日呂志original script · Japanese
- 比呂之original script · Japanese
- 比呂詩original script · Japanese
- 比呂詞original script · Japanese
- 比呂志original script · Japanese
- 比呂史original script · Japanese
- 比呂司original script · Japanese
- 央original script · Japanese
- 博志original script · Japanese
- 紘史original script · Japanese
- 弘志original script · Japanese
- 大嗣original script · Japanese
- 大史original script · Japanese
- 博視original script · Japanese
- 博司original script · Japanese
- 弘司original script · Japanese
- 浩志original script · Japanese
- 宏志original script · Japanese
- 博史original script · Japanese
- 保裕original script · Japanese
- 洋志original script · Japanese
- 裕司original script · Japanese
- 博士original script · Japanese
- 弘original script · Japanese
- 広original script · Japanese
- 平original script · Japanese
- 寛original script · Japanese
- 宏original script · Japanese
- 鉱original script · Japanese
- 史original script · Japanese
- 博original script · Japanese
- 裕original script · Japanese
- 紘original script · Japanese
And 3 more.
Across languages 8
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Hiroshi
- Hiroshi AmanoJapanese doctor of engineering and physicist (1960-), 2014 Nobel laureate in Physics
- Hiroshi KiyotakeJapanese association football playerborn 1989
- Hiroshi NanamiJapanese association football player and managerborn 1972
- Hiroshi KatayamaJapanese association football playerborn 1940
- Hiroshi NinomiyaJapanese association football player and manager (born 1937)
- Hiroshi SoejimaJapanese association football player and managerborn 1959
- Hiroshi YoshidaJapanese association football playerborn 1958
- Hiroshi KanazawaJapanese association football player
- Hiroshi OchiaiJapanese association football playerborn 1946
Characters named Hiroshi: Hiroshi Agasa (Case Closed), Hiroshi Nohara (Crayon Shin-chan).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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