Given name & surname · Chinese · Japanese
長
“chief, head, leader”·“long”
長 (Chō) is a surname from Middle Chinese. It is used in Chinese and Japanese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script. In English: Osa.
Meaning & origin
What it means
長 is built from elements meaning “chief, head, leader” and “long”.
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長’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 長 as a surname can be written in the Roman alphabet as NAGA. In Japanese usage, 長 can be written in the Roman alphabet as HISASHI. In Japanese usage, 長 can be written in the Roman alphabet as TSUKASA.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 8
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named 長
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