How do you pronounce Hideo?

Hideo is pronounced HEE-deh-oh.

What is the origin of Hideo?

Hideo is of Japanese origin, from Japanese culture.

Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

HEE-deh-oh · 5 letters · 3 syllables

What it means

Excellent man

Language

Japanese

Culture

Japanese

Religion

Shinto

Style era

classic

Themes

virtue · heroism

1944 rank#3269

1944 births6

Peak year1925

First appeared1910

Total US births805

Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Common nicknames

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Alternate spellings

Hideo

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