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Kira kira name (キラキラネーム, kira kira nēmu, lit. ' sparkling name ') is a term for a modern Japanese given name that has an atypical pronunciation or meaning. . Common characteristics of these names include unorthodox readings for kanji, pop culture references, or the use of foreign
Male names occasionally end with the syllable -ko as in Mako, but very rarely using the kanji 子 (most often, if a male name ends in -ko, it ends in -hiko, using the kanji 彦 meaning "boy"). Common male name endings are -shi and -o; names ending with -shi are often adjectives, e.g., Atsushi, which might mean, for example, "(to be) faithful."
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 ]
Pages in category "Japanese masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,418 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Many of these are degenerations in the pronunciation of names that originated in other languages. Sometimes a well-known namesake with the same spelling has a markedly different pronunciation. These are known as heterophonic names or heterophones (unlike heterographs, which are written differently but pronounced the same).
Those with the name Chie include: Chie Kajiura (チエ・カジウラ), Japanese singer; Chie Kimura (木村 千恵, born 1980), Japanese field hockey player; Chie Kōjiro (神代知衣, born 1960), Japanese voice actress; Chie Mukai (向井千恵, born 1953), Japanese composer and improv musician; Chie Nakamura (中村千絵, born 1979 ...
Ryoko Tani (谷 亮子, (née Tamura, 田村), born 1975), Japanese former judoka and current politician Ryoko Urakami ( 浦上 涼子 , born 1947) , Japanese swimmer Ryoko Watanabe (渡辺 良子, born 1961), Japanese pink film actress, adult video performer, and gravure idol who was popular in the 1980s
Junko is a feminine Japanese given name.It is typically written in kanji, but can be written in hiragana (じゅんこ) or katakana (ジュンコ).. Junko can be written using kanji including: