Shigenobu

Shigenobu is a Japanese name. It is usually a male given name but can be a surname or the name of a place. As with most personal names, the meaning of the name is derived from which kanji (Chinese characters) are used, and there are several different kanji that are pronounced "shige" and a few which can be pronounced "nobu."

Possible spellings

 * 重信 – "heavy faith"
 * 重靖 – "heavy diligence"
 * 重陳 – "heavy maturity"
 * 茂信 – "abundant faith"
 * 茂伸 – "abundantly influential"
 * 繁信 – "abundant faith"
 * 繫信 – "joined in faith"
 * 薫信 – "aroma of faith"
 * 滋信 – "nourishing faith"
 * 滋延 – "nourishing longevity"

Phonetic spelling
The following are spellings of the name "Shigenobu" in the two phonetic syllabaries of written Japanese, and thus have no intrinsic meaning:
 * しげのぶ
 * シゲノブ

Surname

 * Fusako Shigenobu (重信 房子), a leader of the Japanese Red Army
 * Mei Shigenobu (重信 メイ), the daughter of Fusako Shigenobu
 * Shinnosuke Shigenobu (重信 慎之介), Japanese baseball player

Male

 * Maeda Shigenobu (前田 重靖), a Japanese daimyō
 * Yanagawa Shigenobu (柳川 重信), a Japanese ukiyo-e artist
 * Nishimura Shigenobu (西村 重信), a Japanese ukiyo-e artist who may have been Ishikawa Toyonobu
 * Utagawa Shigenobu (歌川 広重), an ukiyo-e artist better known as Hiroshige II
 * Ōkuma Shigenobu (大隈 重信), a Japanese statesman
 * Shigenobu Katakura (片倉 重信), a Japanese religious leader
 * Shigenobu Nakamura (中村 滋延), a Japanese composer and music teacher
 * Shigenobu Murofushi (室伏 重信), a Japanese athlete