Comments for the name Hero (1)

Very cool name. I wouldn't call my kid that, well maybe his middle name, but very cool.

I find this name very romantic for a girl. I wish we lived in a time where a name like this would be accepted.

A bad nickname could be heroin, which is a kind of drug.

Pronounced HEER-o. [noted -ed]

I adore this name, and I would love to name my daughter this one day.

Perhaps it would evoke jokes on the playground, so I suppose this goes on my list titled "Guilty Pleasures".

I love this name. It's so cool and fun and yet still terribly attractive. I hope to incorporate this into my future daughter's name somehow.

Love this name! So cool for a girl! It's a shame that the word hero is male, since the name is FEMALE! Great for a girl, bad for a boy.

How about Hera instead? It's way more feminine.

I have kitten named Hero and I do like this name because of its meaning. I'll probably use it for a middle name than a first name. And it's ok for a boy, but great for a girl.

Hermione Norris named her daugther Hero.

An ambitious name but could work. I do dislike the Shakespearean reference. His Hero was a total milksap. The Greek Hero and Leander myth surpasses Shakespeare's character. It's used and has been used more than you'd think in the UK. I don't think a Hero would get any more stick for her name than skanky Nevaeh, Failyn or Coco-Poppy.

Something I heard on a forum. A little girl called Hero in the US was complaining that kids were teasing her about her name. It wasn't Hero they were poking fun at, it was her surname McDonald - Old McDonald had a farm etc. Now that's hilarious.

Whenever I think about this name, or come across the character in my Greek mythology books, I think of the David Bowie song "Heroes".

"We could be heroes
Forever and ever
We could be heroes
just for one day".

There is a book called Fearless by Tim Lott. (Very good book, I'd recommend it any day.) The main character's name is Hero and she's one of those characters you can't help but fall in love with. She's held high in respect by most if not all characters in the book. The name just makes me think of the book and what an amazing character owned it.

I would like this name on a girl instead of a boy.

This name is used for the main character in the children's novel, Shakespeare's Secret, by Elise Broach. She complains about how she was named after the famous character in the play.

True, Shakespeare's Hero may have been a "milksap", but I have loved this name since I saw Kate Beckinsale portray her in the wonderful 1993 film adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.

Sounds completely pathetic as a name and would lead to a superiority complex.

I LOVE this name for a girl. True, I would be reluctant to name my daughter Hero because I'd fear she'd be mocked because of it; but I really find it to be romantic, charming, and beautiful.

Hero?! I don't know why I even bother to be surprised anymore, what's next Superstar, Popstar, Saint, Winner?!

I'm not sure that you read the details. Hero has a history behind it, it's not recently created.

The Greek form is Iro ('ee-RO'); diminutive forms are Iroula and Irouka.
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