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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 1,416 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of Japanese given names (G), surnames (S), ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; ...
Pages in category "Japanese unisex given names" The following 168 pages are in this category, out of 168 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aguri;
Pages in category "Japanese-language surnames" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 2,987 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Japanese names (日本人の氏名、日本人の姓名、日本人の名前, Nihonjin no shimei, Nihonjin no seimei, Nihonjin no namae) in modern times consist of a family name (surname) followed by a given name. Japanese names are usually written in kanji, where the pronunciation follows a special set of rules. Because parents when naming ...
[12] [13] [14] Such words which use certain kanji to name a certain Japanese word solely for the purpose of representing the word's meaning regardless of the given kanji's on'yomi or kun'yomi, a.k.a. jukujikun, is not uncommon in Japanese. Other original names in Chinese texts include Yamatai country (邪馬台国), where a Queen Himiko lived.
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.