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Across the world, ヒロ (Hiro , ヒロ , Hilo ) is a common gender-neutral first name. The first name ヒロ is habitual in India, where it is quite a rare unisex name, Hong Kong, and Japan, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but uncommonly feminine name. Not in comparison with a country's population, it most frequently occurs in India, Japan, and Indonesia. Much less frequently, ヒロ is the last name as well as the forename.
ヒロ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Hiro Nakamura , the fictional character on Heroes; Hiro Hamada , the character from Disney's Big Hero 6; Hiro Amanokawa , the fictional character from Digimon Ghost Game; Hiro Takachiho , the character from Marvel Comics, Big Hero 6 and Toyman , the three comic book supervillains and one adolescent superhero in the DC Comics universe, Action Comics, among other works.