Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1910. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shigeru through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 591
- 591 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 42 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1938. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 42 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 342 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shigeru’s family of names
In French usage, Shigeru has a conventional equivalent in the Japanese form しげる. In French usage, Shigeru has a conventional equivalent in the Japanese form 繁. In Japanese usage, Shigeru is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 繁.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shigeru
- Shigeru MiyamotoJapanese video game designer (born 1952)
- Shigeru IshibaPresident of the Liberal Democratic Party from 2024 to 2025 and Prime Minister of Japan from 2024 to 2025born 1957
- Shigeru YoshidaPrime minister of Japan (1878–1967)
- Shigeru MoriokaJapanese association football playerborn 1973
- Shigeru BanJapanese architect (1957-)
- Shigeru YokotaniJapanese association football playerborn 1987
- Shigeru SarusawaJapanese association football playerborn 1960
- Shigeru MizukiJapanese manga artist (1922-2015)
- Shigeru SakuraiJapanese association football playerborn 1979
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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