69%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek Scripts Ἥρων(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek ἥρως (heros) meaning "hero". This was the name of a 1st-century Greek inventor (also known as Hero) from Alexandria. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details VariantHero People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange serious nerdy Categories animals, birds, courage, English nouns, inventors, nature, R.E.M. songs, saints, stage names, word names