Date
Name Tsuruko
Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts つる子, ツル子, 絃子, 津留子, 鶴子, 都留子, 都瑠子, etc.
Theme calico
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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.