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 Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:39 pm
I was wondering what is the difference between female and male names in japanese? Anyone know?
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Posted: Mon Jan 29, 2007 4:40 pm
Well, it's like the difference between male and female names in English. Typically you wouldn't name a boy 'Dharma' or a girl 'Greg', right?
Or maybe you were wondering about the different characters that remain primarily male or female oriented? As in English, names with 'ell' in them or that end in an 'ee' sound are usually femanine.
I know that names ending in 'ko' (character for child) are usually female, and the names ending in 'o' (I think this would be a lot of different characters) are usually female. Eg. 'matsuKO' and 'matsuO'
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Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 2:35 pm
As Matsuko said, adding ko to the end will make a girl's name. For males, I believe 'ro' is added, such as Hiro, Ichiro, etc.
My given Japanese name is Takeshi, which is the same character used in bushido, but it was my grandpa's name too, which is another method of naming your children. I have a cousin who lives in Kure (Hiroshima), and her name comes from the kanji of both her mother and father to make "Miki"
It's common to see girl's names with some sort of flower in the name, or the kanji for flower, 'ka'. The kanji for scent, which is also pronounced 'ka' is very popular as well. Also, in girls names the character for beautiful is used quite frequently, "Mi".
Some names get confusing sometimes though, some boys will be named names that are more girly sounding by the way the kanji is formed. A japanese teacher I know is named "Masami" which normally is a girl's name.
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