Given name · Japanese · Vietnamese
進
進 is a masculine given name from Chinese. It is used in Japanese and Vietnamese.
Japanese and VietnameseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Susumu.
Meaning & origin
進’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 進 can be written in the Roman alphabet as SUSUMU. In Japanese usage, 進 has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Шин.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 進
- Susumu KitagawaJapanese chemistborn 1951
- Susumu HirasawaJapanese singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, music producerborn 1954
- Dai JinChinese artist (1388-1462)
- Susumu TerajimaJapanese actor (born 1963)
- Yudai Kawaibaseball playerborn 1980
Characters named 進: Shi Jin (Water Margin character), Chai Jin (Water Margin character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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