Given name & surname · Japanese
剣
“to hang, as at one's side”
剣 (Tsurugi) is a feminine given name, possibly from Old Japanese. It is used in Japanese.
JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Ken.
Meaning & origin
What it means
剣 possibly goes back to a word meaning “to hang, as at one's side.”
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剣’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 剣 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ken. In Japanese usage, 剣 can be written in the Roman alphabet as TSUTOMU. In Japanese usage, 剣 can be written in the Roman alphabet as MAYAKA.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named 剣
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