User:Mellohi!/Japanese personal names
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Given names
[edit]| Hiragana | Transliteration | Gender | Kanji spellings | Potential etymologies | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| まさと | Masato | m | 聖人, 正人, 真人, 雅人, 昌人 | 正 (masa) + 人 (hito)? | definitely contains 人 (hito) |
| てつや | Tetsuya | m | |||
| めぐみ | Megumi | f | 恵む (megumu) | ||
| Kaori | f | 香る (kaoru) < 香 (ka) + 居る (woru)? | |||
| ひでお | Hideo | m | Suffixed with 雄 (o, “man”)? | ||
| あすか | Asuka | f | 飛鳥, 明日香 | Toponym? | |
| ゆき | Yuki | f | 雪 (yuki, “snow”) | ||
| まゆみ | Mayumi | f | マユミ (mayumi, “Hamilton's spindletree”) | ||
| しげる | Shigeru | m | 茂 | 茂る (shigeru, “to flourish”) | |
| さやか | Sayaka | f | さやか (sayaka, “bright, clear”)? | ||
| りほ | Riho | f | Seems to be an on'yomi compound, especially with an initial R, which does not appear in native words | ||
| Emi | f | 恵 (e) + 美 (-mi)??? | |||
| あやこ | Ayako | f | 彩子, 文子, 絢子 | 文 (aya, “a kind of woven silk textile with a diagonally crossing pattern”) + 子 (-ko) | |
| ふみこ | Fumiko | f | 文子, 史子, 富美子 (and many other spellings typically ending in 実子) | Possibly from 文子 (Ayako), but with the reading switched? | |
| ゆり | Yuri | f | 百合 (yuri, “lily”) | ||
| あいり | Airi | f | |||
| ちえ | Chie | f | 知恵 (chie, “wisdom”) | See also derivative ちえこ (Chieko). |
Common elements
[edit]| Hiragana | Transliteration | Possible component of | Potential etymologies | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| か | ka | Kaori, Kaoru | 香 (ka, “scent”) | |
| か | ka | Haruka, Aika, Erika | ||
| よし | yoshi | Hideyoshi, Yoshitaka, Masayoshi, Yoshimi (???) etc. | Archaic form of 良い (ii, “good”) | |
| まさ | masa | Masahiro, Masayoshi, Takamasa | ||
| ひで | hide | Hideo, Hideyoshi, Hidetaka, Hideaki, Hideki, etc. (generally masculine) | ||
| haru | Haruka, Haru, Haruna, Haruki, etc. | 春 (haru, “spring”) | ||
| kazu | Kazushige, Kazuhiko, Kazuhira, Kunikazu, | |||
| なお | nao | Nao, Naoru, Naoki, Naohiko, Naoto, Naomi | 治る (naoru, “to heal”)? cf. Ancient Greek Ἰάσων (Iásōn, “Jason”) |