Save Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 成彦, 茂彦, 重彦, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SHEE-GEH-KHEE-KO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 茂 (shige) meaning "lush, luxuriant" or 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" combined with 彦 (hiko) meaning "boy, prince". Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.