Submitted Name Revision History

This name can be used as one kanji, 篠 (shou, zou, sasa, shino, suzu) meaning "bamboo grass," or it can be a combination of 志 (shi, kokorozashi, kokoroza.su, shiringu) meaning "aspire, hopes, intention, motive, plan, resolve, shilling," 詩 (shi, uta) meaning "poem, poetry," 紫 (shi, murasaki) meaning "purple, violet," 史 (shi) meaning "chronicle, history" or 信 (shin, shi) meaning "faith, fidelity, trust, truth" and 乃 (ai, dai, nai, no, sunawa.chi, nanji, no) meaning "accordingly, from, possessive particle, wherefore" or 野 (sho, ya, no, no-) meaning "civilian life, field, plains, rustic."

As a word (篠), it refers to thin-culmed dwarf bamboo or a strand of loose fibers.

In the Edo period (1603-1868), it was, at first, uncommon, but from the middle and latter part of that period, it became a slightly common feminine name before becoming uncommon to very uncommon again in the Meiji (1868-1912) and Taishō (1912-1926) periods. Today, it's still being used for girls, albeit with a bit more variety in kanji choices, and despite the name being given to a male character in Naruto, in reality, it's very rarely used on a boy.