THE MEANING & THE CONTEXT
The story behind Shiro
Shiro is recorded as a male given name in Tagalog. The source gives a linguistic connection through Japanese, specifically the form しろう.
Pronunciation & syllables
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Tagalog
- /ˈʃiɾo/Standard-Tagalog
- [ˈʃiː.ɾo]Standard-Tagalog
- /ˈsjiɾo/no palatal assimilation
- [ˈsjiː.ɾo]no palatal assimilation
Shi · ro2 source divisions
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
TagalogEtymology & source
Borrowed from Hepburn romaji of Japanese しろう (Shirō).
a male given name from Japanese
EnglishEtymology & source
Borrowed from Japanese しろう (Shirō).
A male given name from Japanese.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract. Source accounts remain in their original English; editorial summaries and filters are adapted. Attribution and downloads
PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Shiro in the birth records
Exact spelling, stated year, published top-ten tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Available publications: 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. No 2021 count is inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Shiro
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Hiro♂♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Ichiro♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jairo♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jiro♂Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Jirō♂Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Shaira♀Given name documented in Philippine-linked records; lexical meaning not established here
- Sharon♀Name formation documented in dictionary sources
- Shera♀Given name recorded in the source dictionary
What rhymes with Shiro?
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Explore Shiro further
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- Wiktionary contributors — Shiro (Tagalog) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Shiro (English) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.