Ways to write Shintarō

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.

真太郎

真true, genuine太big, bold郎son

Boy, 17 notable people on Wikidata

晋太郎

晋to advance太big, bold郎son

Boy, 10 notable people on Wikidata

進太郎

進to advance太big, bold郎son

Boy, 4 notable people on Wikidata

慎太朗

慎careful, humble太big, bold朗clear, cheerful

Boy, 3 notable people on Wikidata

眞太郎

眞true, genuine太big, bold郎son

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

紳太郎

紳gentleman太big, bold郎son

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

信太朗

信trust, faith太big, bold朗clear, cheerful

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

伸太朗

伸to stretch, extend太big, bold朗clear, cheerful

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

心太郎

心heart, mind太big, bold郎son

Boy, 2 notable people on Wikidata

Rarer spellings

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

伸多朗to stretch + many + clearBoy

伸多郎to stretch + many + sonBoy

伸太郎to stretch + big + sonBoy

信多朗trust + many + clearBoy

信多郎trust + many + sonBoy

信太郎trust + big + sonBoy

心多朗heart + many + clearBoy

心多郎heart + many + sonBoy

Famous people named Shintarō

Shintaro Kurumaya 車屋 紳太郎Japanese association football player

Shintarō Ishihara 石原 慎太郎Japanese politician and author, Governor of Tokyo (1932–2022)

Shintarō Abe 晋太郎Japanese politician (1924-1991)

Shintarō Katsu 勝 新太郎Japanese actor and director (1931-1997)

Shintaro Kokubu 國分 伸太郎Japanese association football player

Shintaro Hirai 晋太郎Japanese association football player

From Wikidata: notable Japanese people with this given name.