Surname

Tokugawa

Tokugawa is a surname from Japanese.

Original Japanese徳川

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Tokugawa comes from Japanese.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Japanese 徳川 (Tokugawa).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Tokugawa’s family of names

In Japanese usage, Tokugawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of とくがわ. In Japanese usage, Tokugawa as a surname is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 徳川. In English usage, Tokugawa as a surname was borrowed from the Japanese form 徳川.

Walk Tokugawa’s family in the name graph

Tokugawa徳川とくがわ水戸黄門

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Nicknames & forms 1

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Spellings & scripts 2

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