Shino
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Rōmaji transcription of しの
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 16 countries · latest register: Census Bureau, 2020
Shino is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 4.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- SESweden1 in 227K
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 450K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Record sources
- 92 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈28,000 people, est.
corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling
strongest: highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Rōmaji transcription of しの
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Shino counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.4K | — | Shino | 87 |
| IN India | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 473K | 16 | Shino | 23 |
| US United States | 260 | 1 in 1.3M | 223 | Shino | 92 |
| MY Malaysia | ≈110 est. | ≈1 in 338K | — | Shino | 9 |
| SE Sweden | 45 | 1 in 227K | 45 | — | 3 |
| HK Hong Kong | ≈37 est. | ≈1 in 202K | — | Shino | 4 |
| SG Singapore | ≈22 est. | ≈1 in 274K | — | Shino | 7 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Shino Ikenamib. 1955JPJapanese actress
- Shino Kakinumab. 1965JPJapanese voice actress
- Shino Oyamadab. 1970JPJapanese actor and seiyū
- Shino Linb. 1973TWTaiwanese singer and actress
- Shino Aiharab. 1974JPJapanese politician
- Shino Aizawab. 1980JPJapanese woman tarento
- Shino Isshikib. 1982JPJapanese AV idol
- Shino Aoib. 1990JPJapanese AV idol
- Shino Kunisawab. 1991JPJapanese association football player
- Shino Shimojib. 1993JPJapanese voice actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)29 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 16 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 223 | #32,402 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 45 | #14,703 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 37 | #32,402 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2020 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2019 | 19 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2018 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2017 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2016 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2015 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2014 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2012 | 18 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2011 | 18 | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Shino mean, and where does it come from?
- Rōmaji transcription of しの Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Shino have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 28 thousand people named Shino in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled shino.
- Is Shino a male or female name?
- Shino is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
- How common is the name Shino?
- In the United States, the national register counted 260 people named Shino in 2020, about 1 in 1.3 million residents.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/shinoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Shino”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.