Given name & surname · Japanese
円
円 (En) is a feminine given name from Middle Chinese, ultimately from Chinese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Madoka.
Meaning & origin
What it means
円 goes back to a word meaning “round silver object(s), especially a piece of eight.”
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Where it comes from
円 comes from Middle Chinese, and ultimately from Chinese.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
円’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 円 shares an earlier linguistic root with ウォン. In Japanese usage, 円 can be written in the Roman alphabet as MADOKA. In Japanese usage, 円 can be written in the Roman alphabet as MARU.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 12
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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