Entry № 0517 · Japanese origin

Chihiro Chihiro — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ chee-HEE-roh /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Japanese

Meaning

"Thousand fathoms (Spirited Away heroine)"

Syllables

Rank · US 2025

№ 0

First recorded

Modern (Japanese)

The meaning

A name that means "thousand fathoms (spirited away heroine)".

Chihiro (千尋) combines the Japanese chi (thousand) and hiro (fathom, search) — "thousand fathoms" or "thousand searches."

**Chihiro Ogino** is the heroine of Miyazaki's Studio Ghibli masterpiece Spirited Away (2001) — the highest-grossing Japanese film ever made.

Thousand fathoms. The Spirited Away heroine.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

千尋

Transliteration: Chihiro
Pronunciation: / tʃiːˈhiː.roʊ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Chihiro stands.

Current rank · 2025

№ 0 in the U.S.

All-time peak

№ 0 in 0

Babies named Chihiro · last year

87 in the U.S.

First entered SSA top-1000

Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular

Namesakes

Chihiros before her.

Real people

Chihiro Onitsuka

Japanese singer-songwriter.

born 1980

In fiction

Chihiro Ogino

Heroine of Spirited Away.

Studio Ghibli, 2001

Names connected to Chihiro.

Numerology

The number behind Chihiro.

The Nurturer

Chihiro reduces to six — the number of Japanese thousand.

Parents on Chihiro

Why families chose this name.

"Spirited Away. Seven letters. Chihiro."

Yuko · Mother of one · Tokyo