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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts つる子(Kanji/Hiragana) ツル子(Kanji/Katakana) 絃子, 津留子, 鶴子, 都留子, 都瑠子, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Pronounced Pron. TSUU-ṘUU-KO  [key]

Meaning & History

From Japanese 絃 (tsuru) meaning "string, cord, samisen music", 津 (tsu) meaning "haven, port, harbor, ferry", 鶴 (tsuru) meaning "crane, stork" or 都 (tsu) meaning "metropolis, capital, all, everything", 留 (ru) meaning "detain, fasten, halt, stop" or 瑠 (ru) meaning "lapis lazuli" combined with 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are possible.

A famous bearer was Tsuruko Haraguchi, a Japanese psychologist and the first Japanese woman to receive a Doctor of Philosophy.
Added 7/6/2017 by cutenose
Edited 3/8/2020 by m4yb3_daijirou, Sofia and cutenose