Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
朋
“moon”
朋 is a surname. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Tomo.
Meaning & origin
朋’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 朋 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Tomo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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