At a Glance
- Meaning
- Bright, second son
- Origin
- Japanese
- Gender
- Boy
- Pronunciation
- SHOH-jee
Shoji is a Japanese boy's name meaning “bright, second son”. It appears in our list of 175+ Japanese Baby Boy Names That Are Strong and Serene.
Meaning & Origin of Shoji
Meaning: Bright, second son.
Origin: Japanese.
A common claim: Shoji is also the everyday word for a traditional Japanese paper sliding door/screen (障子). Actually: That's an unrelated homophone; as a given name Shoji is typically written with different kanji (e.g. 昭二) or used as a surname (庄司), with no connection to the sliding-door word.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Shoji
SHOH-jeeIPA /ˈʃoʊdʒi/
Popularity of Shoji
Shoji doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
Lists That Include Shoji
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Tomoaki · Ryouichi · Yukio · Masahiro · Wataru · Kazuo
