Shintarou Name meanings & History

Shintarou is a combination of two Japanese words, "Shin" meaning "truth" or "new", and "tarou" meaning "first son". Therefore, the name Shintarou translates to "first son of truth" or "first son of new beginnings". From Japanese 信 (shin) meaning "trust, faith", 太 (ta) meaning "thick, big" and 郎 (rou) meaning "son". Other kanji combinations are possible.Famous bearers are Shintaro Ishihara, a Japanese politician and author who was Governor of Tokyo from 1999 to 2012 and Shintaro Yokota, a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Shintarou is predominantly used as a boy's name in Japan.

Zodiac Sign of Shintarou: Success Capricorn

Synonyms of Shintarou:

S: Security,Sex,Success,Solidity,Social Standing,Status,Sensuality

H: Hyper,Heart's Desire,Hope,Hobnobbing,Haggle

I: Indulgence,Intimate,Involved

N: Nutrition,Nervous,Nitpicking,Nagging,Neat,Neurosis,Nice

T: Truth,Touchy,Talkative,Tireless,Doubting Thomas,Tacky,Testy

A: Aggressive,Action,Argumentative,Angry,Ambitious,Assertive

R: Resourceful,Reason,Rational,Restless

O: Ostentatious,Obstinate,Obsessive,Obsolete,Organized

U: Utopia,Undermining,Universality,Unity,Understanding

Shintarou is:

• a Common name
• a Mature name
• a Natural name
• a Urban name

Famous People

There are several fictional characters named Shintarou, including Shintarou Kisaragi from the anime series "Mekaku City Actors" and Shintarou Midorima from the manga and anime series "Kuroko's Basketball".