Entry № 2986 · Greek origin

Iro Iro — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ EE-roh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Greek
Meaning
"Hera (modern Greek)"
Syllables
2
Rank · US 2025
№ 0
First recorded
Ancient (Greek)

A name that means "hera (modern greek)".

Iro (Ηρώ) is the modern Greek pronunciation of Hera — queen of the Olympian gods, wife of Zeus. Also the name of Hero of the Hero and Leander myth — the priestess of Aphrodite who lit a lamp each night to guide her lover across the Hellespont. Among the most poetic modern Greek feminine names.

Featured in modern Greek literature.

Hera. The modern Greek queen of the gods; Hero of the Hellespont.

The name in its native script.

Ηρώ
Transliteration
Ērṓ
Pronunciation
/ ˈiː.roʊ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Iro stands.

Current rank · 2025
№ 0 in the U.S.
All-time peak
№ 0 in 0
Babies named Iro · last year
87 in the U.S.
First entered SSA top-1000
0
Rank, 1995–2025 Lower = more popular
№25 №75 №150 №250 1995 2005 2015 2020 2025 PEAK · — NOW · —

Iros before her.

Real people
Iro Sakellariou
Greek poet.
In fiction
Iro
Marlowe's Hero and Leander.
1598

Names connected to Iro.

The number behind Iro.

1

The Pioneer

Iro reduces to one — the number of Greek Hera.

Why families chose this name.

"Greek Hera. Three letters. Iro."
Eleni · Mother of one · Athens