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Hiroshi

博ひろし

A boy name with 4 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 博, combines broad knowledge.

Hiragana
ひろし
Katakana
ヒロシ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Hiroshi
Morae
3 ひろし
Gender
Boy

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Hiroshi. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • ひろくんhiro-kun
  • ひろちゃんhiro-chan
  • ひろしくんhiroshi-kun
  • ひろしちゃんhiroshi-chan
  • ひーちゃんhi-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji