79%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Japanese Scripts 翔太, etc.(Japanese Kanji) しょうた(Japanese Hiragana) Pronounced Pron. /ɕo̞ː.tä/ [key·simplify] Meaning & History From Japanese 翔 (shō) meaning "soar, glide" and 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big, great". Other combinations of kanji are also possible. Related NamesFamily Tree·Details Rootsshō + taVariantsShota, ShoutaSame SpellingShotaUser SubmissionShota Categories isograms, top 10 in Japan, top 10 in Japan - 2000s