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Shigeru

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

Meaning

lush, luxuriant

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

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

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Popularity in Brazil

61 people · the #58,130 first name in Brazil · median age 74

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Shigeru

Most people given the name Shigeru in the United States were born between 1930 and 1939. The Shigeru 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 Shigeru

Minoru Noboru Masaru Susumu Tsutomu Hayato

The Shigeru 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 Shigeru 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 Shigeru fits with your family’s names and surname.

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