Type Element Usage Japanese Scripts 公(Japanese Kanji) Meaning & History Means "prince", from a Japanese kan'on reading of gōng. Related ItemsFamily Tree·Details Other Languages & Culturesgōng(Chinese) công(Vietnamese) Given Name DescendantsKōsuke, Kosuke, Kousuke(Japanese) Same Spellingko 1, ko 2, ko 3, ko 4, kó, kō 1, kō 2, kō 3, kō 4, kō 5