Surname · Chinese · Japanese
間
“space, gap”
間 is a surname. It is used in Chinese.
Chinese and JapaneseWritten in Chinese characters script.
Meaning & origin
間’s family of names
In Japanese usage, 間 as a surname has a transliteration in あい. In Japanese usage, 間 as a surname has a transliteration in あいだ. In Japanese usage, 間 as a surname has a transliteration in あずか-る.
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Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 19
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
- い-えるin another script · Japanese
- か-わるin another script · Japanese
- あずか-るin another script · Japanese
- まじ-わるin another script · Japanese
- へだ-てるin another script · Japanese
- ままin another script · Japanese
- このごろin another script · Japanese
- はざまin another script · Japanese
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- しず-かin another script · Japanese
- うかが-うin another script · Japanese
- ひそ-かin another script · Japanese
- しば-しin another script · Japanese
- しばら-くin another script · Japanese
- あわいin another script · Japanese
- あいin another script · Japanese
- まin another script · Japanese
- あいだin another script · Japanese
- カンin another script · Japanese
- ケンin another script · Japanese
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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