69%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek [1] Scripts Ἥρων(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Derived from Greek ἥρως (heros) meaning "hero". This was the name of a 1st-century Greek inventor (also known as Hero) from Alexandria. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details RootherosVariantHero People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class natural wholesome strong refined strange serious Categories animals, birds, courage, English nouns, inventors, nature, R.E.M. songs, saints, stage names, word names Sources & References Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, available from https://search.lgpn.ox.ac.uk/browse.html?facet-nymRef=Ἥρων&facet-nymRef=῞Ηρων.