Shinnosuke (しんのすけ)

Shinnosuke is read しんのすけ and has 5 beats. Our data lists one spelling, 新之助. It is a masculine name on our hand-reviewed list of everyday names.

Reading

し·ん·の·す·け (5 beats)

Kanji spellings

1 in our data

Gender

Masculine

Source

Hand-reviewed list of everyday names

Kanji spellings of Shinnosuke

One sound can be written with different kanji. Each spelling below is a different name on paper.

  • 新之助
    しんのすけ
    CommonMasculine

    New helper

    • 新(しん)— new
    • 之(の)— name ending
    • 助(すけ)— name ending

The kanji in Shinnosuke

What each kanji means on its own, and in how many of the spellings above it appears.

  • 新new1 spelling
  • 之name ending1 spelling
  • 助name ending1 spelling

Shinnosuke with common surnames

Full names with a different spelling and surname on each card. Tap a card for the kanji breakdown.

Shinnosuke on our lists

Topic pages that include a spelling of this name.

Edo Period Japanese NamesJapanese Names Starting with SAncient Japan NamesLong Japanese NamesTraditional Japanese Male NamesJapanese Samurai Names

Questions about Shinnosuke

Is Shinnosuke a boy's or a girl's name?

In our data every spelling of Shinnosuke is masculine.

What does Shinnosuke mean?

Shinnosuke is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 新之助 reads as "new helper". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Shinnosuke be written in kanji?

Our data lists 1: 新之助. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Shinnosuke?

しんのすけ is 5 beats: し · ん · の · す · け. Give every beat the same length and keep vowels short and clear; Japanese has no stressed syllable the way English does.

Where this comes from

The spellings are from our hand-reviewed list of everyday names and from JMnedict, the open Japanese name dictionary. Meanings are built from what each kanji means on its own, so they describe the characters, not what a particular family had in mind.

How we check names · Content last reviewed: 2026-11-08.

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