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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."
Research on Japanese men's speech shows greater use of "neutral" forms, forms not strongly associated with masculine or feminine speech, than is seen in Japanese women's speech. [12] Some studies of conversation between Japanese men and women show neither gender taking a more dominant position in interaction.
Kaoru Otsuki (1888–1970), Japanese politician; Kaoru Shimamura (嶋村 カオル, 1969–2013), Japanese voice actress; Kaoru Sugayama かおる (f) (volleyball player) Kaoru Sugiyama (杉山 薫, born 2003), Japanese female badminton player; Kaoru Tada (1960–1999), Japanese manga artist; Kaoru Takamura (髙村 薫, born 1953), Japanese ...
Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of Japanese given names (G), surnames (S), and place names (P), listed alphabetically ...
The kanji characters 晶 ("sparkle"), 明 ("bright"), and 秋 ("autumn") are three variations of ways to write "aki", and the character 子 is a common suffix in female given names in Japan. In Japanese the character 子 ( "ko" ) means "child".
The final syllable "ko" is generally written with the kanji character for child (子). It is a common suffix to female names in Japan and usually indicates that it is a girl's name as masculine Japanese names rarely use the kanji for "child". The name can also be written in hiragana あつこ or katakana アツコ.
Eiko is a feminine Japanese given name. Eikō , also spelled Eikou or Eikoh , is a masculine Japanese given name. The meanings of these names depend on the kanji used to write them.
Naoko Takahashi (尚子, born 1972), Japanese long-distance runner; Naoko Takeuchi (直子, born 1967), Japanese manga artist; Naoko Watanabe (渡辺奈緒子, born 1984), Japanese actress who appeared in Silk; Naoko Watanabe (菜生子, born 1959), Japanese voice actress; Naoko Yamada, (尚子, born 1984), Japanese animator and film director