Entry № 9591 · Japanese origin

Shizuka Shizuka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ shee-ZOO-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Japanese
Meaning
"Quiet, calm"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Medieval (Japanese)

A name that means "quiet, calm".

Shizuka (静) is the Japanese word for "quiet" or "calm" — a Zen Buddhist virtue. Shizuka Gozen (1165-1211) was the famous shirabyōshi dancer beloved of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.

Shizuka is widely used in Japan. Shizuka Minamoto is the female lead of Doraemon.

Quiet. The Zen virtue and Doraemon's heroine.

The name in its native script.

Transliteration
Shizuka
Pronunciation
/ ʃɪˈzuː.kə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Shizuka stands.

Shizuka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Shizukas before her.

Real people
Shizuka Gozen
Shirabyōshi dancer, Yoshitsune's beloved.
1165 – 1211
In fiction
Shizuka Minamoto
Heroine of Doraemon.
1969 manga

Names connected to Shizuka.

The number behind Shizuka.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Shizuka reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.