キラキラネーム

Japanese

Etymology

From きらきら (kira-kira, “glittering”) +‎ ネーム (nēmu), from English name.

Noun

キラキラネーム • (kira-kira nēmu) 

1. an unusual given name, an idiosyncratic name, a name written in an unconventional way
   • 2015 August 27, “Shussan rashu de kondō dō naru!? Geinōjin kizu no kira-kira nēmu jijō [What's next in the baby boom? Entertainers' kids' kira-kira names situation]”, in Hot-Dog Press‎^[1], page 10:

     キラキラネームとは、個(こ)性(せい)的(てき)な表(ひょう)記(き)や読(よ)み方(かた)をする人(じん)名(めい)のことだが、実(じつ)は、我(わ)が子(こ)にキラキラネームをつけた芸(げい)能(のう)人(じん)は多(おお)い。

     Kira-kira nēmu to wa, koseiteki na hyōki ya yomikata o suru jinmei no koto da ga, jitsu wa, wagako ni kira-kira nēmu o tsuketa geinōjin wa ōi.

     Kira-kira naming refers to personal names with idiosyncratic spelling or character reading, but the truth is that many entertainers have given their children kira-kira names.

   • 2019 March 12, “Diamond Yukai, musuko ni kira-kira nēmu wa ‘zenbu hibiki’ [Diamond Yukai, son’s kira-kira name ‘echoes forever’]”, in Daily‎^[2]:

     番(ばん)組(ぐみ)では、王(おう)子(じ)様(さま)という名(な)前(まえ)を改(かい)名(めい)し、肇(はじめ)となった男(だん)性(せい)のニュースをもとに、現(げん)在(ざい)のキラキラネームについて専(せん)門(もん)家(か)を招(まね)いて議(ぎ)論(ろん)。芸(げい)能(のう)界(かい)でも子(こ)供(ども)にキラキラネームを付(つ)ける人(ひと)がいることから、その代(だい)表(ひょう)格(かく)としてユカイがインタビューに応(おう)じた。

     Bangumi de wa, Ōjisama to iu namae o kaimei shi, Hajime to natta dansei no nyūsu o moto ni, genzai no kira-kira nēmu nitsuite senmonka o maneite giron. Geinōkai demo kodomo ni kira-kira nēmu o tsukeru hito ga iru koto kara, sono daihyōkaku to shite Yukai ga intabyū ni ōjita.

     On the program, occasioned by the news that a man changed his name from Ōjisama [Prince] to Hajime, experts were invited to discuss the recent kira-kira naming situation. In the world of entertainment many people have given their children kira-kira names, so Yukai was invited as a representative to respond.

See also

• DQN(ドキュン)ネーム (dokyun nēmu)