Shizuki (しずき)

Shizuki is read しずき and has 3 beats; しづき is an older kana spelling of the same sound. Our data lists 2 spellings: 志月 and 史月. All two are feminine.

Reading

し·ず·き (3 beats)

Kanji spellings

2 in our data

Gender

Feminine

Source

JMnedict, the open name dictionary

Kanji spellings of Shizuki

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

  • 志月
    しずき
    Feminine

    Aspiration + moon

    • 志(し)— aspiration
    • 月(ずき)— moon
  • 史月
    しづき
    Feminine

    History + moon

    • 史(し)— history
    • 月(づき)— moon

The kana づ, ぢ and を are older spellings that sound the same today as ず, じ and お. So しずき (し·ず·き) and しづき (し·づ·き) are said the same way.

The kanji in Shizuki

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

  • 月moon2 spellings
  • 志aspiration1 spelling
  • 史history1 spelling

Shizuki with common surnames

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Questions about Shizuki

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

In our data every spelling of Shizuki is feminine.

What does Shizuki mean?

Shizuki is a sound, so the meaning comes from the kanji: 志月 reads as "aspiration + moon" and 史月 reads as "history + moon". Those come from what each kanji means by itself, and parents may have had a fuller picture in mind.

How many ways can Shizuki be written in kanji?

Our data lists 2: 志月 and 史月. Other spellings exist, so ask how a person writes their own name before you write it for them.

How do you pronounce Shizuki?

しずき is 3 beats: し · ず · き. 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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