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Shigeo

boy name
Origin
Japanese
Syllables
3
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

luxuriant man in its usual kanji

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Shigeo has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

See popularity in Brazil

Popularity in Brazil

75 people · the #50,418 first name in Brazil · median age 78

1930s1940s

Among people named Shigeo living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1940s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Shigeo

Most people given the name Shigeo in the United States were born between 1920 and 1939. The Shigeo you meet today is most often in his 80s or 90s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

Names that fit alongside Shigeo

Takeo Hideo Yasuo Toshio Mitsuo Nobuo

The Shigeo deep dive

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Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Shigeo truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Shigeo fits with your family’s names and surname.

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