Tomonaga

Tomonaga is both a masculine Japanese given name and a Japanese surname.

Possible writings
Tomonaga can be written using different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:


 * 友永, "friend, eternity"
 * 友長, "friend, long/leader"
 * 知永, "know, eternity"
 * 知長, "know, long/leader"
 * 智永, "intellect, eternity"
 * 智長, "intellect, long/leader"
 * 共永, "together, eternity"
 * 共長, "together, long/leader"
 * 朋永, "companion, eternity"
 * 朋長, "companion, extend"
 * 朝永, "morning/dynasty, eternity"
 * 朝長, "morning/dynasty, long/leader"

The name can also be written in hiragana ともなが or katakana トモナガ.

Notable people with the given name Tomonaga

 * Tomonaga Minamoto (源 朝長), Japanese samurai

Notable people with the surname Tomonaga

 * Jacobo Kyushei Tomonaga (朝長 五郎兵衛), Gorōbyōe Tomonaga, Japanese priest in the Dominican Order of the Catholic Church
 * Natsumi Tomonaga (朝長 なつ美), Japanese modern pentathlete
 * Shin'ichirō Tomonaga (朝永 振一郎), Japanese physicist