group-level written forms
Tamao
たまお
Given-name classification varies across source records.
Extended source depth
This reading group has a comparatively broad dictionary footprint across source-recorded spellings or records. The counts describe corpus coverage, not real-world popularity.
records contributing to this reading group
based only on the imported source footprint
How to read Tamao
The kana reading is source-recorded. Romanization and mora segmentation are deterministic reading aids generated from that kana; pitch accent is not inferred.
Normalized to hiragana for comparison.
The same reading converted to katakana.
Macron-style display. Vowel-sequence form: Tamao. Personal spelling and true vowel boundaries can differ.
3 morae in this reading. Small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana join the preceding mora.
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What can Tamao mean?
A Japanese name can be written in more than one way, and its meaning can change with the kanji used. Rather than assigning one English meaning to “Tamao”, this page explains each recorded spelling separately.
character meanings available
no kanji meaning attached
based on the exact written form
たまお
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
タマオ
This spelling is written only in kana. Because it contains no kanji, there is no kanji meaning to interpret here. The kana record the name’s sound; any personal or cultural meaning would depend on context not supplied by the dictionary.
たま緒
This spelling combines kanji and kana. Dictionary meanings are shown only for the kanji characters; the kana represent sound and do not add a kanji-derived English meaning.
圭桜
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
圭生
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
圭雄
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
多摩夫
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
多摩生
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
多摩男
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
多摩緒
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
多摩雄
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
多満雄
These are dictionary meanings for the kanji used in this spelling. Together they can suggest associations, but they do not establish one fixed English translation or a particular person’s naming intent.
Showing meaning context for the first 12 distinct written forms out of 47. The recorded-spellings section below retains the wider source set.
How to read these meanings
The English words shown here are dictionary meanings of individual kanji. They help explain what a spelling can suggest, but they are not a guaranteed translation of the full name and do not establish why a particular person was given that name.
How Tamao is represented
These counts describe records in the imported name corpus. They are not a ranking of how popular a spelling is among people in Japan.
たまお · タマオ · たまを
among the forms analyzed on this page
in the primary dictionary reading
small ゃ/ゅ/ょ-type kana combine with the preceding mora
recorded spellings
recorded spelling
recorded spellings
recorded spellings
How this reading is classified in the source corpus
This separates dictionary classification from popularity. The same exact kana reading can be recorded as a given name, a surname, or both, and given-name records can carry male, female or unspecified source labels.
たまお in the imported JMnedict corpus
47 source spelling/reading rows
6 source spelling/reading rows
row counts carrying each JMnedict source label
| Exact reading | Given-name evidence | Given-name labels | Surname evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| たまおTamao | 4647 source rows | female 28 · unspecified 19source rows · distinct forms: female 28 · unspecified 19 | 66 source rows |
| たまをTamao | 11 source row | female 1source rows · distinct forms: female 1 | 00 source rows |
| たまおTamao | 00 source rows | —source rows · distinct forms: — | 00 source rows |
Classification boundary: male/female/unspecified are labels attached to imported JMnedict name records. They are not population shares, probabilities, identity claims, or evidence that a spelling is currently common in Japan. A source row can also be repeated across different written forms, so row counts and distinct-writing counts are shown separately.
Source-supplied text attached to Tamao records
JMnedict can attach trans_det text to a name-classification block. This may be a Latin spelling, label or descriptor. It is shown only when it adds information beyond this site’s generated romanization.
| Written form | Source reading | JMnedict source text |
|---|---|---|
| 玉緒 | たまを | Tamawo |
Meaning boundary: this is text supplied by JMnedict for the associated name-classification block. It is not an inferred kanji meaning, a translation of the written characters as a whole, proof of a person’s preferred Latin spelling, or evidence of popularity.
48 source-text items were omitted because they are equivalent to the generated romanization and would add no distinct information.
Corpus structure behind Tamao
This section summarizes the exact source-recorded forms loaded for this reading group. Stroke and character-position statistics are descriptive corpus properties, not popularity or style scores.
9–35 strokes observed span
among forms with complete KANJIDIC2 stroke data
all component kanji loaded as jōyō/jinmeiyō classes
contains at least one character outside that loaded classification
| Reading | Romanization | Morae | Forms |
|---|---|---|---|
| たまお | Tamao | 3 | 47 |
| たまを | Tamao | 3 | 1 |
Shown only when the same adjacent two-kanji sequence occurs in at least two analyzed source forms. Open a sequence in Kanji Pair Research for corpus co-occurrence context.
Can the same writing be read another way?
13 of 47 displayed written forms have more than one given-name reading somewhere in the active JMnedict corpus. This is dictionary-record ambiguity, not a prediction of how a particular person reads the name.
distinct spellings displayed on this page
exact written forms with 2+ source readings
within this active given-name corpus
distinct kana readings for one displayed writing
A reading shown without a link is still source-recorded, but its destination group does not yet meet the reference-depth standard used for the main library. Limited records are not promoted merely to create extra internal links.
How recurring characters function across Tamao spellings
Position counts are calculated only from the distinct written forms analyzed for this page. KANJIDIC2 nanori are character-level name-reading references; they are not used here to decompose or assert the reading of a specific multi-kanji name.
| Kanji | Character glosses | Forms | First | Final | Internal | Solo | Strokes | KANJIDIC2 nanori | Loaded class |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 緒 | thong, beginning, inception | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 14 | ほ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 珠 | pearl, gem, jewel | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | す, とも, ま, み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 多 | many, frequent, much | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 2 |
| 玉 | jewel, ball | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | おう, だん | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 雄 | masculine, male, hero | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | かつ, たけ, つよし, ゆ +1 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 夫 | husband, man | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | お, と, ゆう, よ | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 4 |
| 生 | life, genuine, birth | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | あさ, いき, いく, いけ +21 | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 摩 | chafe, rub, polish | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 | — | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 8 |
| 桜 | cherry | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | さ, ろう | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 5 |
| 圭 | square jewel, corner, angle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | か, きよ, たま, よし +2 | Jinmeiyō · KANJIDIC grade 9 |
| 男 | male | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | み | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 1 |
| 球 | ball, sphere | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | く | Jōyō · KANJIDIC grade 3 |
Counts describe this source-recorded spelling set, not population use. A repeated kanji can contribute to more than one position role across different spellings.
Move from a spelling to its readings, characters and literal sequence context
These relationships are exact and source-backed. Whole-name readings shown in each card come from JMnedict within the current name class; exact-writing search can surface records from other name classes. Character links open KANJIDIC2-backed kanji pages. Sequence context means the same kanji string occurs contiguously in another recorded written form—it does not prove shared origin or meaning.
たまお
タマオ
たま緒
圭桜
圭生
圭雄
多摩夫
多摩生
多摩男
多摩緒
Showing research maps for the first 10 distinct written forms out of 47. Every detailed spelling card below still links to exact-writing search and its component kanji.
Kanji recurring across Tamao spellings
Only characters appearing in at least two distinct analyzed spellings are shown here. Frequency describes this source-recorded spelling set, not real-world baby-name popularity.
Explore written forms of Tamao
47 source-recorded forms use the primary source reading たまお. Other source readings can appear in this romanized group when the imported records converge on the same index form. Use Compare to inspect exact spellings side by side.
たまお
たまお · Tamao
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
タマオ
タマオ · Tamao
This written form uses kana rather than kanji, so there are no character-level kanji glosses to combine.
たま緒
たまお · Tamao
圭桜
たまお · Tamao
圭生
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
圭雄
たまお · Tamao
多摩夫
たまお · Tamao
多摩生
たまお · Tamao
多摩男
たまお · Tamao
多摩緒
たまお · Tamao
多摩雄
たまお · Tamao
多満雄
たまお · Tamao
多磨夫
たまお · Tamao
揺桜
たまお · Tamao
玉夫
たまお · Tamao
玉朗
たまお · Tamao
玉男
たまお · Tamao
玉緒
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
玉緒
たまを · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
玉織
たまお · Tamao
玉雄
たまお · Tamao
玉青
たまお · Tamao
玲緒
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
珠夫
たまお · Tamao
珠央
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
珠旺
たまお · Tamao
珠桜
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
珠生
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
珠緒
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
珠雄
たまお · Tamao
珠青
たまお · Tamao
珠音
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
珠麻
たまお · Tamao
球生
たまお · Tamao
球緒
たまお · Tamao
球雄
たまお · Tamao
瑞夫
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
瑞男
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
瑞緒
たまお · Tamao
Exact written-form relationship inside the imported given-name corpus.
瑶生
たまお · Tamao
瑶緒
たまお · Tamao
環央
たまお · Tamao
環旺
たまお · Tamao
環緒
たまお · Tamao
碧於
たまお · Tamao
碧桜
たまお · Tamao
碧緒
たまお · Tamao
賚夫
たまお · Tamao
Compare Tamao forms side by side
Each exact written spelling appears once in this table even when JMnedict records more than one reading for that writing. Stroke totals and character glosses come from KANJIDIC2 when all component kanji are available.
| Spelling | One source reading | Character-level glosses | Total strokes | Loaded character class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| たまお | たまお | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| タマオ | タマオ | Kana-only spelling | — | Kana spelling |
| たま緒 | たまお | 緒 — thong, beginning | 14 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 圭桜 | たまお | 圭 — square jewel, corner · 桜 — cherry | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 圭生 | たまお | 圭 — square jewel, corner · 生 — life, genuine | 11 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 圭雄 | たまお | 圭 — square jewel, corner · 雄 — masculine, male | 18 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多摩夫 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 摩 — chafe, rub · 夫 — husband, man | 25 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多摩生 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 摩 — chafe, rub · 生 — life, genuine | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多摩男 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 摩 — chafe, rub · 男 — male | 28 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多摩緒 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 摩 — chafe, rub · 緒 — thong, beginning | 35 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多摩雄 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 摩 — chafe, rub · 雄 — masculine, male | 33 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多満雄 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 満 — full, fullness · 雄 — masculine, male | 30 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 多磨夫 | たまお | 多 — many, frequent · 磨 — grind, polish · 夫 — husband, man | 26 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 揺桜 | たまお | 揺 — swing, shake · 桜 — cherry | 22 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 玉夫 | たまお | 玉 — jewel, ball · 夫 — husband, man | 9 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
| 玉朗 | たまお | 玉 — jewel, ball · 朗 — clear, bright | 16 | All kanji jōyō/jinmeiyō-classified |
The comparison table shows the first 16 distinct written forms; the detailed cards above show up to 80 spelling/reading records.
What does Tamao mean?
There is not necessarily one fixed English meaning. The reading identifies the spoken name; different written forms can use different kanji. Character glosses describe individual kanji and should not be treated as proof of the intention behind a particular person’s name.
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Related by the opening kana of the dictionary reading. This is a deterministic browsing relationship, not a claim that the names share the same meaning.
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Explore →Other names sharing kanji with Tamao
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7 shared kanji · 59 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 86 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 48 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 44 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 39 matching source-recorded spellings
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6 shared kanji · 31 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 171 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 82 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 80 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 54 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 53 matching source-recorded spellings
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5 shared kanji · 51 matching source-recorded spellings
Inspect name →What each source establishes
JMnedict establishes recorded written forms, readings and name classifications; where safely associated, this page can also show JMnedict-supplied trans_det source text without treating it as a whole-name meaning. KANJIDIC2 supplies character readings, nanori, stroke counts, grade classes and English character glosses. The Ministry of Justice remains the official reference for Japanese child-name character rules. The Agency for Cultural Affairs romanization guidance is the reference for generated Latin-script reading aids.
The spelling-frequency and structural counts on this page are calculated from imported JMnedict records. They are corpus counts, not population-frequency claims. KANJIDIC2 supplies the kanji metadata used in character and stroke comparisons.
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