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Japanese boy(male) nameJapanese unisex nameTamotsu
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  • Gender:Male
  • Hiraganatip:たもつ
  • Katakanatip:タモツ
  • English Syllablestip:ta-mo-tsu (3)
  • Japanese Moraetip:ta-mo-tsu (3)
  • English transcriptionstip:Tamotsu
  • Nickname examplestip:

    Tamochan(たもちゃん)Click to speech たもちゃんTamokun( たもくん)Click to speech  たもくんTacchan( たっちゃん)Click to speech  たっちゃん

This name is considered unisex, but it's more commonly used for boys. Japanese girl(female) nameSee the girls' version here.

This name is also used as a surname: Family name / Last nameTamotsu

Kanji Names & Meanings - 16 variations

In Japanese culture, kanji are characters that originated from Chinese script, and the meaning of a name changes depending on the kanji characters chosen. The more variations of kanji a name has, the more common it is in Japan. Conversely, a name with very few kanji variations is considered unique and rare. Below are the kanji variations for "Tamotsu," ranked by the total number of "Good!" votes.

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- Tamotsu -

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means "protect, maintain, guarantee."

Name ideas examples

  • Protect - Protecting represents defense, care, and keeping safe from harm. May your child protect the vulnerable and defend the right.

  • Maintain - Maintaining represents preservation, care, and steady attention. May your child maintain what is good and care for what matters.

  • Guarantee - Guarantee - To Assure; to promise - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of guarantee throughout life.

  • Employee - Colors represent the variety and vibrancy of life's experiences. May your child's life be filled with beautiful colors and experiences.

  • Ensure - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Guardian - Guardian represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the guardian's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Nurture - Nurture - To care for; to raise - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of nurture throughout life.

  • Shelter - Shelter represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the shelter's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Undertake - Undertake - To take on responsibility - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of undertake throughout life.

- Tamotsu -

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means "support, help, nurture."

  • Support - To Hold Up; to sustain.

  • Help - To Assist; to aid.

  • Nurture - To Care for; to support growth.

  • Care for - To look after or provide assistance to someone.

  • Comfort - To provide emotional or physical support.

  • Embrace - To hold someone close in a loving or comforting way.

Name ideas examples

  • Support - Supporting represents help, foundation, and being there for others. May your child support others and receive support when needed.

  • Help - Helping represents service, assistance, and making others' lives better. May your child help generously and receive help graciously.

  • Nurture - Nurture - To care for; to support growth - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of nurture throughout life.

  • Care for - Care For represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the care for's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Comfort - Comforting represents care, consolation, and easing others' pain. May your child bring comfort to those who suffer.

  • Embrace - Age brings wisdom, experience, and connection to the past. May your child respect what is old and learn from history.

保津- Tamotsu -

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means "protect, maintain, guarantee."

Name ideas examples

  • Protect - Protecting represents defense, care, and keeping safe from harm. May your child protect the vulnerable and defend the right.

  • Maintain - Maintaining represents preservation, care, and steady attention. May your child maintain what is good and care for what matters.

  • Guarantee - Guarantee - To Assure; to promise - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of guarantee throughout life.

  • Employee - Colors represent the variety and vibrancy of life's experiences. May your child's life be filled with beautiful colors and experiences.

  • Ensure - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Guardian - Guardian represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the guardian's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Nurture - Nurture - To care for; to raise - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of nurture throughout life.

  • Shelter - Shelter represents a role of purpose and contribution to society. May your child embody the shelter's dedication and skill in their life's work.

  • Undertake - Undertake - To take on responsibility - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of undertake throughout life.

means "port, ferry crossing, fluid."

  • Port - A harbor for ships.

  • Ferry Crossing - A place to cross water.

  • Fluid - Body liquids like saliva.

  • Clue, Guide - A hint or indication that can be used to lead someone in the right direction.

  • Moisture - Water that seeps, gushes, overflows, or moistens something.

Name ideas examples

  • Port - Port - A harbor for ships - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of port throughout life.

  • Ferry Crossing - The ferry crossing represents transition, helpful passage, and guided journey. May your child be helped across life's waters.

  • Fluid - Fluid - Body liquids like saliva - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fluid throughout life.

  • Clue, Guide - Directions guide us on our journey, helping us find our way. May your child always find their direction in life.

  • Moisture - Moisture represents subtle nourishment, gentle sustenance, and pervasive blessing. May your child receive pervasive blessings.

- Tamotsu -

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means "duty, entrust, appoint."

Name ideas examples

  • Duty - Duty represents responsibility, obligation, and honorable commitment. May your child fulfill their duties with honor and dedication.

  • Entrust - Entrusting represents faith, delegation, and trust in others. May your child be worthy of trust and know when to entrust others.

  • Appoint - Appoint - To Designate; to assign a role - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of appoint throughout life.

  • Allow - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Bear - Bear - To take on or carry a burden or responsibility - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of bear throughout life.

  • Endure - Enduring represents perseverance, strength, and lasting through challenges. May your child endure difficulties with grace and emerge stronger.

- Tamotsu -

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means "all, complete, whole."

Name ideas examples

  • All - All represents completeness, wholeness, and embracing the totality of existence. May your child embrace all of life—its joys and sorrows—with a whole and complete heart.

  • Complete - Completing represents fulfillment, wholeness, and thorough accomplishment. May your child complete their tasks and fulfill their purpose.

  • Whole - Whole - Undivided; full - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of whole throughout life.

  • Accomplish, Achieve - Accomplishment represents achievement, completion, and the satisfaction of finishing. May your child accomplish great things, completing what they set out to do.

- Tamotsu -

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means "longevity, celebrate, birthday."

Name ideas examples

  • Longevity - Length represents endurance, patience, and the journey that extends through time. May your child have long patience and endurance for life's extended journeys.

  • Celebrate - Length represents endurance, reach, and sustained effort. May your child have the endurance to see things through to completion.

  • Birthday - Birth represents new beginnings, potential, and the miracle of new life. May your child bring new beginnings wherever they go, birthing fresh possibilities.

  • Age - Age brings wisdom, experience, and the perspective of time. May your child grow wiser with age, valuing each year's gifts.

  • Celebrating a Happy Occasion - Celebrating A Happy Occasion represents a significant process or state. May your child understand and embody the meaning of celebrating a happy occasion.

- Tamotsu -

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means "exist, survive, know."

Name ideas examples

  • Exist - Existing represents being, presence, and the gift of life. May your child exist with purpose and meaning.

  • Survive - Being survive represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be survive, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Know - Knowing represents understanding, certainty, and wisdom. May your child know truth and share knowledge generously.

  • Ask - Asking represents humility, curiosity, and seeking help. May your child ask good questions and seek wisdom.

  • Console - Console - To provide comfort or consolation - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of console throughout life.

  • Endure - Enduring represents perseverance, strength, and lasting through challenges. May your child endure difficulties with grace and emerge stronger.

  • Preserve - Preserving represents protection, keeping safe, and honoring heritage. May your child preserve valuable traditions and protect what matters.

  • Think - Thinking represents reflection, reason, and mental engagement. May your child think deeply and clearly about important matters.

- Tamotsu -

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means "complete, perfect, finish."

Name ideas examples

  • Complete - Completing represents fulfillment, wholeness, and thorough accomplishment. May your child complete their tasks and fulfill their purpose.

  • Perfect - Perfect - Without Defect; flawless - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of perfect throughout life.

  • Finish - Finishing represents completion, follow-through, and accomplishment. May your child finish what they start with excellence.

  • Accomplish - Accomplishment represents achievement, completion, and the satisfaction of finishing. May your child accomplish great things, completing what they set out to do.

  • Fulfill - Fulfill - To carry out or complete (a task, duty, or promise - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fulfill throughout life.

  • Preserve - Preserving represents protection, keeping safe, and honoring heritage. May your child preserve valuable traditions and protect what matters.

寿- Tamotsu -

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寿 means "long, age, celebration."

Name ideas examples

  • Long - Length represents endurance, patience, and the journey that extends through time. May your child have long patience and endurance for life's extended journeys.

  • Age - Age brings wisdom, experience, and the perspective of time. May your child grow wiser with age, valuing each year's gifts.

  • Celebration - Celebration represents joy, gratitude, and the marking of life's important moments. May your child's life be full of celebrations, marking many joyous moments.

  • Celebrate - Length represents endurance, reach, and sustained effort. May your child have the endurance to see things through to completion.

- Tamotsu -

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means "general, lead, about to."

Name ideas examples

  • General - Being general represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be general, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Lead - Leading represents guidance, going first, and showing the way. May your child lead with wisdom, courage, and compassion.

  • To Lead Troops - Leading represents guidance, responsibility, and inspiring others forward. May your child lead with wisdom, inspiring others toward good.

  • About to - About To - Going to; on the verge of - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of about to throughout life.

  • Support - Supporting represents help, foundation, and being there for others. May your child support others and receive support when needed.

- Tamotsu -

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means "general, lead, about to."

  • General - A military commander.

  • Lead - To Guide; to direct.

  • To Lead - To lead troops or an army.

  • About to - On the verge of.

  • A Person - Someone who leads or commands.

  • By Means of - To indicate a method or means.

  • Or - To indicate a choice between two or more options.

Name ideas examples

  • General - Being general represents a valuable quality that enriches character and life. May your child be general, letting this quality guide their path.

  • Lead - Leading represents guidance, going first, and showing the way. May your child lead with wisdom, courage, and compassion.

  • To Lead - Leading represents guidance, responsibility, and inspiring others forward. May your child lead with wisdom, inspiring others toward good.

  • About to - About To - On the verge of - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of about to throughout life.

  • A Person - Person (人) represents humanity, individual dignity, and connection with others. May your child honor the dignity of every person, connected deeply with humanity.

  • By Means of - By Means Of - To indicate a method or means - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of by means of throughout life.

  • Or - Choice and alternatives open doors to different possibilities. May your child wisely consider alternatives and make good choices.

- Tamotsu -

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means "to think, only, particle."

Name ideas examples

  • To Think - Thinking represents reason, reflection, and the power of the inquiring mind. May your child think deeply, using reason and reflection wisely.

  • Only - Being the only one represents uniqueness, specialness, and irreplaceable value. May your child know they are the only one of their kind, uniquely valuable.

  • Particle - Particles represent the small things that make up the whole. May your child appreciate how small particles create great things.

- Tamotsu -

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means "direction, destination, region."

Name ideas examples

  • Direction - Direction provides purpose and guidance on life's journey. May your child always find their direction, moving purposefully through life.

  • Destination - Destination represents a significant process or state. May your child understand and embody the meaning of destination.

  • Region - Regions represent territory, belonging, and one's sphere of influence. May your child make their region of influence a better place.

  • Arrangement - Arrangement represents order, organization, and creating harmony from elements. May your child arrange their life well, creating order and harmony.

  • Comparison - Comparison - Compare, contrast - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of comparison throughout life.

  • Correct - Correctness represents accuracy, righteousness, and alignment with truth. May your child always seek what is correct, living in alignment with truth.

  • Honorific - Honorifics reflect respect, social harmony, and proper recognition of others. May your child both earn and give respect appropriately throughout life.

  • Method - Paths represent journeys, choices, and the direction of life. May your child find good paths and walk them with courage.

  • Responsibility - Children carry forward the hopes and dreams of their families. May your child fulfill the hopes placed in them and add their own.

  • Righteousness - Righteousness means moral correctness and standing firmly for what is right. May your child walk the righteous path, standing firm for justice and truth.

  • Shape - Shaping represents influence, molding, and gradual formation. May your child shape their future with intentional choices.

  • Squared - Squared - Multiplied by itself - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of squared throughout life.

  • Squaring - Straightness represents honesty, directness, and integrity. May your child walk straight paths of integrity.

  • Time - Time is precious and irreplaceable, the medium through which life unfolds. May your child use time wisely, treasuring each moment as the gift it is.

  • Timing - Timing represents active engagement and purposeful effort. May your child engage in timing with purpose and skill.

- Tamotsu -

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means "have, exist, furthermore."

Name ideas examples

  • Have - Having represents possession, gratitude, and appreciating what one holds. May your child have enough, and appreciate all they have with gratitude.

  • Exist - Existing represents being, presence, and the gift of life. May your child exist with purpose and meaning.

  • Furthermore - Furthermore - In Addition; moreover - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of furthermore throughout life.

  • Maintain - Maintaining represents preservation, care, and steady attention. May your child maintain what is good and care for what matters.

  • Possess - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

- Tamotsu -

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means "to bind, rope, thread."

  • To Bind - To Support; to tie; to connect; to maintain.

  • Rope - A Main Rope; a rope for hanging things.

  • Thread - Fiber; string.

  • Bind, Tie - To fasten or secure something with a rope, cord, or other material.

  • Emphasis - Read as "kore" to emphasize what follows.

  • Join, Link - To connect two or more things together.

  • Preserve - To keep something safe or in its original condition.

  • Support - To provide assistance or aid to someone or something.

Name ideas examples

  • To Bind - The act of bind represents purposeful action and the will to make a difference. May your child bind with wisdom and purpose, making a positive difference in the world.

  • Rope - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Thread - Threads represent connection, continuity, and the fabric of relationships. May your child weave strong threads of connection throughout life.

  • Bind, Tie - Speed represents efficiency, responsiveness, and seizing opportunities. May your child act swiftly when needed and patiently when appropriate.

  • Emphasis - Depth represents profundity, thorough understanding, and solid foundation. May your child develop depth of character and understanding.

  • Join, Link - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

  • Preserve - Preserving represents protection, keeping safe, and honoring heritage. May your child preserve valuable traditions and protect what matters.

  • Support - Supporting represents help, foundation, and being there for others. May your child support others and receive support when needed.

多茂津- Tamotsu -

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means "many, much, often."

Name ideas examples

  • Much - Numbers represent order, measure, and the foundation of understanding. May your child understand the importance of what can and cannot be counted.

  • Often - Often - Frequently; many times - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of often throughout life.

  • Gratitude - Gratitude (感謝) is deeply valued in Japan, appreciating even small kindnesses and nature's gifts. May your child live with deep gratitude, appreciating every blessing life offers.

  • Praise - Praise represents recognition, encouragement, and celebrating what is good. May your child give and receive praise, celebrating goodness in all.

  • Truly, Exactly, Simply - Objects serve purposes and remind us of what matters. May your child value things for their true worth and purpose.

means "to flourish, prosperous, excellent."

Name ideas examples

  • To Flourish - Flourishing represents thriving, growth, and the fullest expression of potential. May your child flourish throughout life, thriving in every season.

  • Prosperous - Prosperity represents flourishing, abundance, and the success that comes from effort. May your child prosper in all good endeavors, flourishing in every season.

  • Excellent - Excellence represents the pursuit of the highest quality in all endeavors. May your child pursue excellence in all they do, always striving for their best.

  • Diligent - Diligent - To strive and make an effort - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of diligent throughout life.

  • Thriving - Thriving represents flourishing, abundant growth, and vital health. May your child thrive with abundant vitality.

means "port, ferry crossing, fluid."

  • Port - A harbor for ships.

  • Ferry Crossing - A place to cross water.

  • Fluid - Body liquids like saliva.

  • Clue, Guide - A hint or indication that can be used to lead someone in the right direction.

  • Moisture - Water that seeps, gushes, overflows, or moistens something.

Name ideas examples

  • Port - Port - A harbor for ships - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of port throughout life.

  • Ferry Crossing - The ferry crossing represents transition, helpful passage, and guided journey. May your child be helped across life's waters.

  • Fluid - Fluid - Body liquids like saliva - carries meaning in Japanese naming tradition. May your child embody the positive aspects of fluid throughout life.

  • Clue, Guide - Directions guide us on our journey, helping us find our way. May your child always find their direction in life.

  • Moisture - Moisture represents subtle nourishment, gentle sustenance, and pervasive blessing. May your child receive pervasive blessings.

Real Persons

The list contains people mentioned in Wikipedia. All JP links are in Japanese only. Sorry!

  • 中村Nakamura Tamotsu Japanese association football player (1973- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 黒田Kuroda Tamotsu Japanese comedian (1970- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 石橋Ishibashi Tamotsu Japanese actor (1965- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 宮平Miyahira Tamotsu Japanese martial artist (1964- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 吉森Yoshimori Tamotsu researcher (1958- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 安達Adachi Tamotsu (1953- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 磯村Isomura Tamotsu (1951- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 岡本Okamoto Tamotsu (1951- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 村上Murakami Tamotsu Japanese sculptor (1950- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 藤井Fujii Tamotsu Japanese photographer (1949- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 馬場Baba Tamotsu Japanese politician (1948-2018) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 山本Yamamoto Tamotsu Japanese politician (1948- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 松田Matsuda Tamotsu Japanese association football player and manager (1948- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 鈴木Suzuki Tamotsu Japanese association football player and manager (1947- ) wikipedia page linkEN wikipedia page linkJP
  • 金子Kaneko Tamotsu Japanese psychologist (1941- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 青木Aoki Tamotsu cultural anthropologist; head of agency for cultural affairs of Japan (1938- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 木村Kimura Tamotsu Japanese baseball player (1934-2005) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 松田Matsuda Tamotsu (1934- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 山出Yamade Tamotsu politician (1931- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 松浦Matsuura Tamotsu (1931- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 金子Kaneko Tamotsu Japanese educator (1931- ) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 三浦Miura Tamotsu (1928-1996) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 矢頭Yatō Tamotsu Japanese photographer (1928-1973) wikipedia page linkEN wikipedia page linkJP
  • 藤野Fujino Tamotsu Japanese historian (1927-2018) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 有吉Ariyoshi Tamotsu Japanese literary scholar (1927-2019) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 勝谷Shōya Tamotsu Japanese bureaucrat and businessman (1926-2015) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 小泉Koizumi Tamotsu Japanese linguist (1926-2009) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 村田Murata Tamotsu (1924-2008) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 横山Yokoyama Tamotsu Japanese economist and statistician (1921-1996) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 阿部Abe Tamotsu (1910-2007) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 日野原Hinohara Tamotsu (1908-1999) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 上田Ueda Tamotsu (1906-1973) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 木下Kinoshita Tamotsu Japanese singer (1903-1982) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 町田Machida Tamotsu Japanese urban planner and civil engineer (1903-1967) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 松木Matsuki Tamotsu Japanese lawyer (1898-1962) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 佐野Sano Tamotsu (1896-1991) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 高田Takata Tamotsu Japanese dramatist, playwright, essayist and film director (1895-1952) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 上田Ueda Tamotsu Japanese lawyer (1894-1980) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 石井Ishii Tamotsu Japanese politician (1887-1976) wikipedia page linkJP
  • 青木Aoki Tamotsu mechanical engineer (1882-1966) wikipedia page linkJP

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