Chihiro (ちひろ)
Chihiro is read ちひろ and has 3 beats. Our data lists 3 spellings: 千尋, 千絢 and 千央. All three are feminine. Some of them are on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.
Reading
ち·ひ·ろ (3 beats)
Kanji spellings
3 in our data
Gender
Feminine
Source
Hand-reviewed list of everyday names and JMnedict, the open name dictionary
Kanji spellings of Chihiro
One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.
- 千尋ちひろCommonFeminine
A thousand fathoms
- 千(ち)— thousand
- 尋(ひろ)— seek
- 千絢ちひろFeminine
Thousand + brilliant
- 千— thousand
- 絢— brilliant
- 千央ちひろFeminine
Thousand + center
- 千(ち)— thousand
- 央(ひろ)— center
The kanji in Chihiro
What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.
- 千thousand3 spellings
- 尋seek1 spelling
- 絢brilliant1 spelling
- 央center1 spelling
Chihiro with common surnames
Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.
Names that sound similar
Names that start or end with the same sounds.
Other names that use 千 (thousand)
Chihiro on our lists
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Questions about Chihiro
Is Chihiro a boy's or a girl's name?
In our data every spelling of Chihiro is feminine.
What does Chihiro mean?
Chihiro is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 千尋 reads as "a thousand fathoms", 千絢 reads as "thousand + brilliant" and 千央 reads as "thousand + center". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.
How many ways can Chihiro be written in kanji?
Our data lists 3: 千尋, 千絢 and 千央. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.
How do you pronounce Chihiro?
ちひろ is 3 beats: ち · ひ · ろ. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.
Where this comes from
The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.
How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.
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