Ways to write Nobuo

The same sound can be written with different kanji, and each choice changes the meaning. These are the spellings that have appeared in Japan's yearly baby name rankings, most popular first.

信雄

信trust, faith雄hero, masculine

Boy, 42 notable people on Wikidata

信男

信trust, faith男man

Boy, 27 notable people on Wikidata

伸夫

伸to stretch, extend夫man, husband

Boy, 24 notable people on Wikidata

伸雄

伸to stretch, extend雄hero, masculine

Boy, 5 notable people on Wikidata

伸男

伸to stretch, extend男man

Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata

展雄

展to unfold雄hero, masculine

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

These spellings of Nobuo appear in Japanese name records but are uncommon. Each uses a standard reading of its kanji.

喜夫joy + manBoy

喜雄joy + heroBoy

収夫to gather + manBoy

暢央to stretch + centreBoy

Famous people named Nobuo

Nobuo Fujishima 信雄Japanese association football player

Nobuo Kawakami 川上 信夫Japanese association football player

Nobuo Matsunaga 松永 信夫Japanese association football player (1921–2007)

Nobuo Uematsu 伸夫Japanese video game composer

Nobuo Kawaguchi 川口 信男Japanese association football player

Nobuo Arai 新井 信男swimmer (1909–1990)

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.