Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts しげの(Japanese Hiragana) 茂野(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SHEE-GEH-NO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 茂 (shige) meaning "lush, luxuriant" or 重 (shige) meaning "layers, folds" combined with 乃 (no), a possessive particle. Other combinations of kanji characters can also form this name.