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令
令 (Rei) is a feminine given name from Middle Chinese. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Rei.
Meaning & origin
How it developed
In Chinese usage, 令 as a surname is a short form of 令狐.
令’s family of names
In Chinese usage, 令 as a surname is a short form of 令狐. In Japanese usage, 令 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Rei. In Japanese usage, 令 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ryau.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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