Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Tomoko

智子ともこ

A girl name with 3 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 智子, combines wisdom + child.

Hiragana
ともこ
Katakana
トモコ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Tomoko
Morae
3 ともこ
Gender
Girl

Kanji spellings

The same name can be written with different characters. Parents choose the kanji for its meaning.

Nicknames

How friends and family might shorten Tomoko. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • ともちゃんtomo-chan
  • ともこちゃんtomoko-chan
  • とーちゃんto-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji