Ways to write Shirō

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

四郎

四four郎son

Boy, 94 notable people on Wikidata

史朗

史history朗clear, cheerful

Boy, 38 notable people on Wikidata

史郎

史history郎son

Boy, 26 notable people on Wikidata

志郎

志will, ambition郎son

Boy, 3 notable people on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Shirō appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

司良to direct + goodBoy

司朗to direct + clearBoy

司郎to direct + sonBoy

史良history + goodBoy

嗣朗heir + clearBoy

嗣郎heir + sonBoy

四良four + goodBoy

四朗four + clearBoy

Famous people named Shirō

Shiro Azumi 四郎Japanese association football player

Shiro Misaki 三崎 四郎Japanese association football player

Shiro Kikuhara 菊原 志郎Japanese association football player

Shirō Ishii 石井 四郎Japanese army medical officer and microbiologist and director of Unit 731 (a biological warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army)

Shiro Hashizume 橋爪 四郎Japanese swimmer (1928–2023)

Shirō Sagisu 鷺巣 詩郎Japanese composer, arranger, music producer

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.