Tetsuya is a masculine Japanese given name.

Tetsuya
Pronunciationtetsɯja (IPA)
GenderMale
Origin
Word/nameJapanese
MeaningDifferent depending on the kanji
Region of originJapanese
Other names
Alternative spellingTetuya (Kunrei-shiki)

Tetuya (Nihon-shiki)

Tetsuya (Hepburn)

Possible writings

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Tetsuya can be written using different kanji characters and can mean:

  • 哲也, "philosophy, to be"
  • 鉄也, "iron, to be"
  • 哲哉, "philosophy, alas"
  • 徹也, "devotion, to be"
  • 徹矢, "penetrate, arrow"
  • 鉄弥, "iron, increasingly"

The name can also be written in hiragana てつや or katakana テツヤ.

People with the name

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Fictional characters

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See also

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