Shigenobu
Shigenobu is a Japanese name. It is usually a male given name but can be a surname or the name of a place. As with most personal names, the meaning of the name is derived from which kanji are used, and there are several different kanji that are pronounced "shige" and a few which can be pronounced "nobu."
Possible spellings
- 重信 – "heavy faith"
- 重靖 – "heavy diligence"
- 重陳 – "heavy maturity"
- 茂信 – "abundant faith"
- 茂伸 – "abundantly influential"
- 繁信 – "abundant faith"
- 繫信 – "joined in faith"
- 薫信 – "aroma of faith"
- 滋信 – "nourishing faith"
- 滋延 – "nourishing longevity"
Phonetic spelling
- しげのぶ
- シゲノブ
People
Surname
- Fusako Shigenobu, a leader of the Japanese Red Army
- Mei Shigenobu, the daughter of Fusako Shigenobu
- Shinnosuke Shigenobu, Japanese baseball player
Male
- Maeda Shigenobu, a Japanese daimyō
- Yanagawa Shigenobu, a Japanese ukiyo-e artist
- Nishimura Shigenobu, a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who may have been Ishikawa Toyonobu
- Hiroshige II, an ukiyo-e artist better known as Hiroshige II
- Ōkuma Shigenobu, a Japanese statesman
- Shigenobu Katakura, a Japanese religious leader
- Shigenobu Nakamura, a Japanese composer and music teacher
- Shigenobu Murofushi, a Japanese athlete