Given name & surname

Ando

Ando is a surname from Japanese. It is used in English and Estonian.

Original Japanese安藤

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ando comes from Japanese.

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How it developed

From Japanese 安藤 (Andō).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ando’s family of names

In Estonian usage, Ando has a related form in Andres. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Ando has a related form in Arndor. In English usage, Ando as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 安藤.

Walk Ando’s family in the name graph

AndoAndresArndorAndonAntoАндон安藤

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Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 4

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

People named Ando

Characters named Ando: Ando Masahashi (fictional character).

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