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男

“young?”

男 (Otoko) is a surname from Old Japanese. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.

Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Dan.

Meaning & origin

What it means

男 goes back to a word meaning “young?”

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Where it comes from

男 comes from Old Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

男’s family of names

In Japanese usage, 男 can be written in the Roman alphabet as Dan. In Japanese usage, 男 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Otoko. In Japanese usage, 男 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as Wotoko.

Walk 男’s family in the name graph

男DanWotokoOtoko漢NamNan南

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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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 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

See also 1

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