Dahiru is a given name. Notable people with the name include:

Given name Dahiru Usman Bauchi (1927–2025), Nigerian Islamic scholar Dahiru Bako Gassol (born 1954), Nigerian politician Dahiru Awaisu Kuta (1949–2014), Nigerian politician Dahiru Mangal (born 1957), Nigerian businessman Dahiru Mohammed (born 1942), Nigerian politician Dahiru Musdapher (1942–2018), Nigerian Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria Dahiru Sadi (born 1963), Nigerian footballer Dahiru Yahaya (1947–2021), Nigerian academic, educator and historian

See also Umaru Dahiru (born 1952), Nigerian politician Yunusa Dahiru, perpetrator in the kidnapping of Ese Oruru