Ways to write Shinji

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.

真司

真true, genuine司to direct

Boy, 9 notable people on Wikidata

進二

進to advance二two, second

Boy, 7 notable people on Wikidata

真二

真true, genuine二two, second

Boy, 7 notable people on Wikidata

慎司

慎careful, humble司to direct

Boy, 5 notable people on Wikidata

慎二

慎careful, humble二two, second

Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata

伸志

伸to stretch, extend志will, ambition

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

真治

真true, genuine治to govern, heal

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

慎治

慎careful, humble治to govern, heal

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

進司

進to advance司to direct

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

進治

進to advance治to govern, heal

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

慎士

慎careful, humble士gentleman, samurai

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

真次

真true, genuine次next, second

Boy, 1 notable person on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

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

伸司to stretch + to directBoy

新司new + to directBoy

心史heart + historyBoy

Famous people named Shinji

Shinji Kagawa 真司Japanese association football player

Shinji Okazaki 岡崎 慎司Japanese association football player

Shinji Tanaka 田中 真二Japanese association football player and manager

Shinji Murai 村井 慎二Japanese association football player

Shinji Otsuka 真司Japanese association football player and manager

Shinji Mikami 三上 真司Japanese video game designer

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.