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Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,417 total.
The common Japanese practice of forming abbreviations by concatenating the first two morae of two words is sometimes applied to names (usually those of celebrities). For example, Takuya Kimura ( 木村 拓哉 , Kimura Takuya ) , a famous Japanese actor and singer, becomes Kimutaku ( キムタク ) .
Officially, among Japanese names there are 291,129 different Japanese surnames (姓, sei), [1] as determined by their kanji, although many of these are pronounced and romanized similarly. Conversely, some surnames written the same in kanji may also be pronounced differently. [ 2 ]
One Japanese boy name — Kai — has been in the top 100 baby boy names for the last five years, according to the Social Security Administration. It has steadily been climbing up the list for the ...
Pages in category "Japanese given names" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. F. Fuju; K.
Such names are roughly equivalent to the English or Welsh surnames Richardson or Richards. The Russian equivalent of 'Smith', 'Jones', and 'Brown' (that is, the generic most often used surnames) are Ivanov, Petrov, Sidorov , or 'Johns', 'Peters', and ' Isidores ', although Sidorov is now ranked only 66th.
Satō (Japanese: 佐藤, pronounced, English: / ˈ s ɑː t oʊ / SAH-toh) is the most common Japanese surname, [2] often romanized as Sato, Satou or Satoh. A less common variant for a pen name is 佐島.
Tarō (太郎, タロウ, たろう) (alternatively romanized Taro, Tarô, Talo, Taroh or Tarou), is a stand-alone masculine Japanese given name or a common name second half of such a name (literally meaning "eldest son"). Tarō can also be used as a surname, but the etymology and kanji are different.