Dear Japanese名前と漢字

Tomoya

智也ともや

A boy name with 2 common kanji spellings. The most typical, 智也, combines wisdom + to be (classical).

Hiragana
ともや
Katakana
トモヤ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Tomoya
Morae
3 ともや
Gender
Boy

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 Tomoya. See the guide to -chan and -kun.

  • ともくんtomo-kun
  • ともちゃんtomo-chan
  • ともやくんtomoya-kun
  • ともやちゃんtomoya-chan
  • とーちゃんto-chan

As a full name

In Japanese the surname comes first.

Names that share a kanji