65%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 信, 延, etc.(Japanese Kanji) のぶ(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /no̞.bɯᵝ/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 信 (nobu) meaning "trust", 延 (nobu) meaning "prolong, stretch", or other kanji and kanji combinations. It is sometimes a short form of longer names beginning with this sound. People think this name isRate·Details classic informal wholesome strong strange simple Categories archaic Japanese, isograms, restaurants, short forms, trust, virtues