Shu
Meaning
kind, gentle, virtuous (淑); a short pinyin name occasionally chosen as a US given name for its gentle sound
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Shu has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
See popularity in Brazil
Popularity in Brazil
97 people · the #42,213 first name in Brazil · median age 52
Among people named Shu living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
The Shu deep dive
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