Meaning and background
The story behind Shiro
Shiro can be used as the unaccented spelling of the Japanese masculine given name Shirō, historically written 四郎 and associated with a fourth son. That connection is documented, but Japanese writing allows additional characters and readings. The separate Japanese adjective shiroi means white, yet a name’s Latin spelling does not prove a white-colour derivation. A responsible profile records the given-name link without assuming that the original kanji are known.
- Origin
- Japanese given name, often an unaccented rendering of Shirō (四郎), historically “fourth son”; other kanji exist. Source
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Recorded as a dog’s name
Shiro appears in 10 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Sources and research notes (1)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
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