Boy name Japanese origin Shinto tradition

Shinji

SHEEN-jee · 6 letters · 2 syllables
What it means
True second son
Language
Japanese
Culture
Japanese
Religion
Shinto
Style era
classic
Themes
truth · virtue
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Popularity over time

2013 rank#10554
2013 births7
Peak year2009
First appeared1987
Total US births28
2009 peak19871994200020072013
Source: US Social Security Administration national records, 1880-2024.

Nicknames & variants

Common nicknames
Shin
Alternate spellings
Sinzi

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Shinji Kagawa (footballer)