Shiho

The Japanese first name Shiho for girls can roughly be translated as 'maintain ambition'. It is composed of the Japanese characters shi (志), which means 'will, ambition', and ho (保), which means 'to protect, guarantee, preserve'. Like many other Japanese names, Shiho can also have various kanji combinations and thus different meanings.

What does the name Shiho mean?

Shiho is a Japanese girl's name that means 'maintain ambition'. It is composed of the elements shi (志), which means 'will, ambition', and ho (保), which stands for 'to protect, guarantee, preserve'. Additionally, many Japanese names can have different kanji combinations that evoke different meanings.

Where does the name Shiho come from?

Shiho is a female first name that originates from Japan and carries the meaning 'maintain ambition'.

How do you pronounce Shiho?

Shiho is pronounced like 'Shee-ho'.

Popularity

In Germany, Shiho is a rather rare first name. In 2018, it ranked 4,078th on the list of the most common female baby names. Its best ranking was in 2009 when it placed 2,111th. Over the last ten years, Shiho has been given as a first name fewer than 10 times, which places it at 7,773rd in the ten-year statistics. From 2010 to 2024, it ranks 9,410th.

Nicknames & pet names

Shi / Sho

Famous people

• Shiho Fujimura (Japanese actress)
• Shiho Hisajima (Japanese voice actress)
• Shiho Kawaragi (Seiyuu/Japanese voice actress)
• Shiho Kikuchi (actress from Japan)
• Shiho Miyano (from Detective Conan)
• Shiho Niiyama (Japanese actress)
• Shiho Nishioka (Japanese fencer)
• Shiho Sakai (English swimmer)
• Shiho Yano (model, author)