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Across the world, Shirō (شيرو , 四郎 , Сиро ) is quite a rare unisex first name. The first name Shirō is characteristic of Western Asia, particularly Syria, where it is quite a rare dominantly male, but uncommonly girly name, Iraq, and Lebanon, where it is quite a rare masculine name. In absolute terms, the name is most common in Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. Also, Shirō is the last name as well as the forename.
Shirō is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shirō Emiya , the fictional character from the Fate series, Fate/stay night; Shirō Sanada , character in Space Battleship Yamato; Shirō Katō ; Sunfire , the fictional character in Marvel Comics, Uncanny X-Men and Cyrus the Great in the Bible , the Biblical accounts of Cyrus the Great.