Hideo: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Hideo – Meaning: excellent hero – Origin: Japanese – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: hee-DEH-oh


Hideo is a Japanese boy's name meaning “excellent hero”. It appears in our list of 175+ Japanese Baby Boy Names That Are Strong and Serene.

Meaning & Origin of Hideo

Meaning: Excellent hero.

Origin: Japanese.

Source: Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Hideo

Phonetic: hee-DEH-oh   IPA: /çiˈdeoʊ/

Popularity of Hideo

Hideo doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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