indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Japanese
Scripts とめを, とめお(Japanese Hiragana) 止生, 止男, 止暢, 止夫, 止雄, 止郎, 登女男, 登女尾, 登米雄, 留生, 留男, 留暢, 留夫, 留雄, 留郎, etc.(Japanese Kanji)
Meaning & History
From Japanese 止 (tome) meaning "stop, halt", 登 (to) meaning "ascend, climb up" or 留 (tome) meaning "detain, fasten, halt, stop", 女 (me) meaning "woman, female" or 米 (me) meaning "rice, USA, metre" combined with 生 (o) meaning "life, genuine, birth", 男 (o) meaning "male", 暢 (o) meaning "stretch", 夫 (o) meaning "man, husband", 雄 (o) meaning "hero, manly", 郎 (o) meaning "son", 男 (o) meaning "male" or 尾 (o) meaning "tail, end, lower slope of mountain". Other kanji combinations are possible. A famous bearer was Tomeo Sagouya, a Japanese right-wing activist.