Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 進子, 心子, 伸子, 晋子, 真子, 秦子, 臣子, 震子, 岑子, 津子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 進 (shin) meaning "advance, make progress", 心 (shin) meaning "heart, mind, soul", 伸 (shin) meaning "lengthen", 晋 (shin) meaning "to proceed", 真 (shin) meaning "real, genuine", 秦 (shin) meaning "Qin dynasty", 臣 (shin) meaning "one who serves a lord; a vassal, subject", 震 (shin) meaning "shake, quake, tremor, excite", 岑 (shin) meaning "steep, precipitous, peak" or 津 (shin) meaning "harbor" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.