Tomoe as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Tomoe

What is the meaning of the name Tomoe ?

The baby name Tomoe is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced toh-moh-eh (IPA: /to.mo.e/).

Tomoe is Japanese in Origin.

Tomoe is a Japanese given name that can be used for any gender, though it is more common for girls today. It has been recorded since the medieval period; a renowned bearer is the warrior Tomoe Gozen (巴御前), celebrated in the Tale of the Heike. The character 巴 also names the tomoe swirl motif seen in Shinto iconography and family crests, especially the mitsudomoe. Tomoe appears in arts and is sometimes used for male characters in fiction. The name may be written in kana as ともえ or トモエ.

Meanings depend on the kanji chosen: 友恵 or 朋恵 (“friend/companion” + “blessing”); 友絵 (“friend” + “picture”); 朋江 (“companion” + “inlet, bay”); or the single-character 巴, evoking the comma-shaped swirl. The tomo element often appears as 友, 朋, or 智 (“friend, companion, wisdom”), while e commonly uses 恵, 絵, or 江. Nicknames include Tomo and Moe; romanization is Tomoe.