indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine & Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 小民, 少民(Japanese Kanji) しょうみん(Japanese Hiragana) ショウミン(Japanese Katakana)
Other Forms FormsXiaomin (Chinese), So-min (Korean), Shoumin, Shohmin, Shomin
Meaning & History
From Japanese 小 (shō) meaning "small" or 少 (shō) meaning "little, young, small" combined with 民 (min) meaning "people, nation, subjects". Other combinations of kanji can form this name as well.