Tomonaga
Appearance
Pronunciation | tomonaga (IPA) |
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Gender | Male |
Origin | |
Word/name | Japanese |
Meaning | Different meanings depending on the kanji used |
Tomonaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.
Written forms
[edit]Tomonaga can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:
- 友永, "friend, eternity"
- 友長, "friend, long/leader"
- 知永, "know, eternity"
- 知長, "know, long/leader"
- 智永, "intellect, eternity"
- 智長, "intellect, long/leader"
- 共永, "together, eternity"
- 共長, "together, long/leader"
- 朋永, "companion, eternity"
- 朋長, "companion, extend"
- 朝永, "morning/dynasty, eternity"
- 朝長, "morning/dynasty, long/leader"
The name can also be written in hiragana ともなが or katakana トモナガ.
Notable people with the given name Tomonaga
[edit]- Tomonaga Minamoto (源 朝長, 1144–1160), Japanese samurai
Notable people with the surname Tomonaga
[edit]- Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga (朝長 五郎兵衛, 1582–1633), Gorōbyōe Tomonaga, Japanese priest in the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church
- Natsumi Tomonaga (朝長 なつ美, born 1991), Japanese modern pentathlete
- Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎, 1906–1979), Japanese physicist