Shinobu
Shinobu is a girl name of Japanese origin, meaning Warrior.
What Shinobu means
Warrior.
Shinobu sits at 7 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Shinobu comes from
Japanese given names are written in kanji, and the characters chosen carry the meaning as much as the sound does. The same pronunciation can be written several different ways, each shading the sense differently, so parents pick characters as deliberately as they pick the name itself.
Shinobu is recorded as Japanese in origin. Browse other Japanese names.
How popular is Shinobu?
You will not find Shinobu in the top 100 girl names at the moment. Plenty of well-known names sit outside the charts; popularity measures how often a name is registered, not how good or how real it is.
The character of Shinobu
Shinobu sits in our courage and battle group. Following that theme is usually the fastest way to find the handful of other names that feel the way this one does.
Themes: Warrior
Names like Shinobu
These share Shinobu's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Takeshi — Fierce, strong warrior.
- Alessia — Defender, protector.
- Matilda — Mighty in battle.
- Matilde — Mighty in battle.
- Ottilie — Prosperous in battle.
- Sloane — Warrior; raider.
- Athena — Goddess of wisdom and war.
- Edith — Prosperous in war; a rich gift.
- Hilda — Battle woman.
- Louise — Renowned warrior.
- Marcia — Warlike; dedicated to Mars.
- Sasha — Defender of the people.