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Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts ちょうしん(Japanese Hiragana) チョウシン(Japanese Katakana) 長信, 朝進, 朝申, 朝心, 朝晋, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Other Forms FormsChoshin, Choushin
Meaning & History
This name combines 朝 (chou, asa) meaning "Korea, dynasty, epoch, morning, period, regime" with 信 (shin) meaning "faith, fidelity, trust, truth,", 進 (shin, susu.mu, susu.meru) meaning "advance, proceed, progress, promote," 申 (shin, saru, mou.shi-, mou.su) meaning "have the honor to, sign of the monkey (ninth sign of Chinese zodiac)," 心 (shin, kokoro, -gokoro) meaning "heart, mind, spirit" or 晋 (shin, susu.mu) meaning "advance."One bearer of this name was Okinawan martian artist Chōshin Chibana (知花 朝信) (1885-1969). Another bearer was born during the Hēan Period, the Court Noble and Monk Fujiwara no Choshin (藤原 長信).This name is most commonly used in Okinawa and it can also be used as a very rare surname.