Save Gender Feminine Usage Japanese Scripts 靜代, 静代, 靜世, 静世, etc.(Japanese Kanji) Pronounced Pron. SHEE-ZOO-YO [key] Meaning & History From Japanese 靜 or 静 (shizu) meaning "quiet" combined with 代 (yo) meaning "age, change, generation, period, replace, substitute" or 世 (yo) meaning "generation, public, society, world."