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Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Scripts 留, 登免, 登米(Japanese Kanji) とめ(Japanese Hiragana) トメ(Japanese Katakana)
Meaning & History
This name can be used as 留 (ryuu, ru, todo.maru, todo.meru, to.maru, to.meru, ruuburu) meaning "detail, fasten, halt, stop" or it can be used to combine 登 (shou, chou, to, tou, dou, a.garu, no.boru) meaning "ascend, climb up" with 免 (men, manuka.reru, manuga.reru, me) meaning "dismissal, excuse" or 米 (bei, mai, meitoru, kome, yone, me) meaning "metre, rice, USA."Tome was used in the Edo Period (1603-1868). It was, at first, uncommon, but it became very popular in the latter part of that period and in the first half of the Meiji Period (1868-1912). By the second half, it dropped in popularity.
Tome is also used as a surname.
Tome is also used as a surname.