Tomohide

Tomohide

Tomohide Iwakura (1904-1978), English-language scholar and politician
Pronunciation	tomoçide (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used

Tomohide is a masculine Japanese given name.

Written forms

Tomohide can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Some examples:

• 友英, "friend, hero"
• 友秀, "friend, excellence"
• 友栄, "friend, prosperity"
• 友日出, "friend, sunrise"
• 知英, "know,hero"
• 知秀, "know, excellence"
• 知栄, "know, prosperity"
• 知日出, "know, sunrise"
• 智英, "intellect, hero"
• 智秀, "intellect, excellence"
• 智栄, "intellect, prosperity"
• 智日出, "intellect, sunrise"
• 共英, "together, hero"
• 共秀, "together, excellence"
• 朋英, "companion, hero"
• 朋秀, "companion, excellence"
• 朝英, "morning/dynasty, hero"
• 朝秀, "morning/dynasty, excellence"
• 朝栄, "morning/dynasty, prosperity"

The name can also be written in hiragana ともひで or katakana トモヒデ.

Notable people with the name

• Tomohide Iwakura (岩倉 具栄, 1904–1978), English-language scholar and politician
• Tomohide Nakazawa (中澤 友秀, born 1980), Japanese footballer
• Tomohide Okuma (大熊 朝秀, 1517–1582), Japanese samurai
• Tomohide Utsumi (内海 知秀, born 1958), Japanese basketball coach