Given name & surname · Japanese
きょう
“day”
きょう (Kyō) is a feminine given name from Old Japanese, ultimately from Proto-Japonic. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Japanese kana script. In English: Kyō.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
きょう comes from Old Japanese, and ultimately from Proto-Japonic.
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How it developed
From Old Japanese けふ (ke₁pu), from Proto-Japonic *kepu.
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きょう’s family of names
In Japanese usage, きょう can be written in the Roman alphabet as KEFU. In Japanese usage, きょう can be written in the Roman alphabet as Kyō. In Japanese usage, きょう has a related form in 今日.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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