Shu
A unisex name of Chinese origin, meaning kindness or warm.
Babies a year
5
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Shu by the numbers
Shu was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 8 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Shu. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Shu, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Paulsmall or humble1,684 in the US (2017)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)