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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 鼓, 鼓美, 鼓実, 鼓海, 都々美, 都々実, 津々美, 津々実(Japanese Kanji) つづみ(Japanese Hiragana) ツヅミ(Japanese Katakana)
Pronounced Pron. TSUU-ZUU-MEE, TSUU-DZUU-MEE  [key]
Other Forms FormsTsuzumi

Meaning & History

This name can be used as 鼓 (ko, tsudzumi) meaning "beat, drum, muster, rouse" or it can be combined with 美 (bi, mi, utsuku.shii) meaning "beautiful, beauty", 実 (shitsu, jitsu, makoto, makotoni, mi) meaning "reality, truth" and 海 (kai, umi, mi) meaning "ocean, sea."
This name can also be used as 都々美, 都々実, 津々美 or 津々実 with 都 (tsu, to, miyako) meaning "capital, metropolis" and 津 (shin, tsu) meaning "ferry, harbour, haven, port."
々 (のま/おなじ) is used as a kanji repeater, duplicating the sound of the preceding kanji.

As a word, Tsudzumi/Tsuzumi (鼓) refers to a particular hand drum of Chinese/Indian origin.

Tsudzumi/Tsuzumi is also used as a surname.
Added 3/12/2015 by m4yb3_daijirou
Edited 3/8/2020 by Mike C and m4yb3_daijirou