Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
東
“clear”
東 (Akira) is a masculine given name. It is used in Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Akira.
Meaning & origin
東’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 東 can be written in the Roman alphabet as NOBORU. In Japanese usage, 東 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Akira. In Japanese usage, 東 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as TON.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 12
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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- 鑑equivalent
- 暁equivalent
- 融equivalent
- Higashiborrowing · English
- 智equivalent
- 昌equivalent
- 哲equivalent
- 徹equivalent
- 亮equivalent
- 陽equivalent
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- 光equivalent
- 斌equivalent
- 晃equivalent
- 公equivalent
- 昶equivalent
- 明良equivalent
- 聰equivalent
- 彰equivalent
- 章equivalent
- 啓equivalent
- 晟equivalent
- 明equivalent
- 旭equivalent
- 昭equivalent
- 輝equivalent
- 周equivalent
- 行equivalent
People named 東
- Liu DongChinese middle-distance runnerborn 1973
- Akira YaegashiJapanese boxerborn 1983
- Xu DongChinese footballerborn 1991
- Chen DongChinese footballer, born 1978
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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