Hiru

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Hari in IN India, ID Indonesia, SE Sweden and 5 more, Charissa in BR Brazil, NL Netherlands, PH Philippines and 3 more, Haire in US United States, GB United Kingdom, DK Denmark and 1 more and Haris in MY Malaysia, PK Pakistan, CH Switzerland.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Hiru is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name13K records spelled Hiru2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia

  Also written Hīrū

• English given name1.1K records spelled Hiru5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Australia, United Kingdom

  Languages: English, German

  Also written Hírû, Hīrū

• Amharic given name208 records spelled Hiru3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, Ethiopia

  Also written ሂሩ, ህሩ

• Romanian given name74 records spelled Hiru2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India

  Also written Hîru

41 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Hiru is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In aia, a palm sp. used in making the war-bow _rau_ which differed from the _basi_ and _baʔe_ through its wrappings of coconut fibre or pandanus

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In alu, a palm tree with digital leaves, used for making bows

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In aia, flow in a circle; an eddy; be curly, of the hair

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In alu, curly, of hair; to wind (round)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ひる

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 79 years between 1917–2014. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 161 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Hiru?

We estimate roughly 198 thousand people bear Hiru (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Hiru have the most bearers?

Hiru is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled hari.

Where is Hiru most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Hiru is densest in Finland — about 1 in 266 people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

How common is Hiru compared with other names?

In India, Hiru is the 148th most common given name of 4,777,337 given names recorded there.

Is Hiru a male or female name?

Hiru is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Hiru mean?

Recorded meaning: as hard as a diamond