Hero

Greek

"demi-god"

The name Hero peaked for girls at #5865 in 2016. Hero is occasionally used for boys in 2024.

Hero Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1677 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Hero

• 1677 Nameberry 2026

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Famous People Named Hero

• Honeysuckle Hero Susan Weeks English actress
• Hero Wheeler (b. 2007) daughter of actress Hermione Norris and Simon Wheeler
• Hero Harper Quinn (b. 2011) daughter of singer Myleene Angela Klass of Hear'Say and Graham Quinn
• Romy Hero Johnson (b. 2012) daughter of actor Aaron Taylor,Johnson and Sam Taylor,Wood

The name Hero in Pop Culture

• Hero character from Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing'
• Hero Duke character in webseries Nothing Much to Do
• Hero Brown character from 'Y: The Last Man'
• Hero Pavloussi intensely arrogant and egotistical wife of a Greek shipping tycoon in Patrick White's 'The Vivisector' (1970)
• Hero Farnsworth Ames character from Gillian, by Frank Yerby
• Hero a priestess of Aphrodite who threw herself into the sea when her lover Leander drowned
• "Hero" song by Cash Cash feat. Christina Perri