Meaning & History
From Japanese 俊 (shun) meaning "sagacious, genius, excellence", 舜 (shun) meaning "althea" or 春 (shun) meaning "spring" combined with 平 (hei) meaning "peace, flat". Other kanji combinations are possible.Famous bearers of this name are Japanese freestyle swimmer Shunpei Uto, former Japanese football player Shumpei Inoue, Japanese inventor Shunpei Yamazaki and Japanese philosopher Shunpei Ueyama.