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HelpRe: Your favorite Japanese names?
in reply to a message by Lily
I was in Japan a couple summers ago, and I remember my host family telling me that Ai is really popular.
I always liked Aiko, Akiko, etc. but I've heard that -ko names aren't in style anymore.
I also like:
(*= I've met someone named this)
Sakura
Haruko
*Yuka (Yuuka) (teenager)
*Satoko (20s)
*Makiko (30s?)
*Kaoru (...teacher age :P)
Hana
Kaede
Suzume
*Keiko (20s. I don't think she's Japanese though. Maybe partially)
*Noriko (40's or 50's)
Midori
Sayuri
Yuki
Akio
*Taishi (about 5 now- teacher's kid)
Haruto
Taro (Tarou) (this is a really old name, common for characters in old stories etc.)
Kaito
Kenji
Kenta
Ryuu
Takeshi
Taichi (but I'd use "chi" as in "spirit" instead of "ichi" as in "one" like it says on this site. The kanji for big can be "ta" or "tai", so that + chi can still be pronounced Taichi.)
I always liked Aiko, Akiko, etc. but I've heard that -ko names aren't in style anymore.
I also like:
(*= I've met someone named this)
Sakura
Haruko
*Yuka (Yuuka) (teenager)
*Satoko (20s)
*Makiko (30s?)
*Kaoru (...teacher age :P)
Hana
Kaede
Suzume
*Keiko (20s. I don't think she's Japanese though. Maybe partially)
*Noriko (40's or 50's)
Midori
Sayuri
Yuki
Akio
*Taishi (about 5 now- teacher's kid)
Haruto
Taro (Tarou) (this is a really old name, common for characters in old stories etc.)
Kaito
Kenji
Kenta
Ryuu
Takeshi
Taichi (but I'd use "chi" as in "spirit" instead of "ichi" as in "one" like it says on this site. The kanji for big can be "ta" or "tai", so that + chi can still be pronounced Taichi.)
This message was edited 6/3/2013, 1:34 PM
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I was wondering about that. I found statistics and up until 1955 or so all the girls names in the top 5 ended in -ko. That changed slowly over the next decades and by 1985 not a single name in the top 5 ended in -ko anymore.
I do think there must have been some exceptions as I've met about 20 girls named Akiko in my life and they were all born in the 80s, so -ko names couldn't have been completely out of style at the time, I guess they just weren't used as frequently anymore.
I think Aiko was really common in the early 2000s, I once read it was the #1 name for a while.
I really like Taro, I know a guy named this.
I do think there must have been some exceptions as I've met about 20 girls named Akiko in my life and they were all born in the 80s, so -ko names couldn't have been completely out of style at the time, I guess they just weren't used as frequently anymore.
I think Aiko was really common in the early 2000s, I once read it was the #1 name for a while.
I really like Taro, I know a guy named this.
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