Tomonaga is both a masculine

Japanese given name in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming children, and foreigners when adoptin ...

and a

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Written forms

Tomonaga can be written using different combinations of

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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 is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

ともなが or

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

トモナガ.

Notable people with the given name Tomonaga

*, Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Tomonaga

*, Gorōbyōe Tomonaga, Japanese priest in the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church *, Japanese modern pentathlete *, Japanese physicist {{given name, type=both Japanese-language surnames Japanese masculine given names Masculine given names