Tomonaga

Tomonaga

Pronunciation	tomonaga (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Tomonaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings

Tomonaga can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 友永, "friend, eternity"
• 友長, "friend, long/leader"
• 知永, "know, eternity"
• 知長, "know, long/leader"
• 智永, "intellect, eternity"
• 智長, "intellect, long/leader"
• 共永, "together, eternity"
• 共長, "together, long/leader"
• 朋永, "companion, eternity"
• 朋長, "companion, extend"
• 朝永, "morning/dynasty, eternity"
• 朝長, "morning/dynasty, long/leader"

The name can also be written in hiragana ともなが or katakana トモナガ.

Notable people with the given name Tomonaga

• Tomonaga Minamoto (源 朝長, 1144–1160), Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Tomonaga

• Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga (朝長 五郎兵衛, 1582–1633), Gorōbyōe Tomonaga, Japanese priest in the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church
• Natsumi Tomonaga (朝長 なつ美, born 1991), Japanese modern pentathlete
• Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎, 1906–1979), Japanese physicist