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What do you think about Japan's taste in names in 2012 /jp/?

>> No.11441169
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>> No.11441172

No Touhous/10

>> No.11441176

guy names seems faggy

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Nice thumbnail dude.

>> No.11441189
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Which 2hu would you name your kids after?

pic related

>> No.11441199

>>11441189
Yukari, Reimu, Remilia
also
I have a niece who was nicknamed Aya because me.

>> No.11441210

>>11441199

>Reimu

Don't you mean Raymoo?

>> No.11441212

>>11441165
What are these? Names for ants xD?

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>>11441199
Aaaayaaaa... Doko ni iru no kanaaaa~?

>> No.11441226

>>11441172
>No Touhous

But Hina¹ and Mei² are both touhou names!

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¹: http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Hina
²: http://touhou.wikia.com/wiki/Mei_and_Mai

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>>11441199
>>11441215
2 spooki for me

>> No.11441242

>>11441199
Why do you want to ruin your kids lives?

>> No.11441247

I'm going to let my wife choose our kids' names.

>> No.11441259

>>11441165
I can never tell what is a japanese girl name or a japanese boy name if it was not specifically told to me. Like I cant hear the gender difference between them.

>> No.11441260

Why can't they give their kids real names and not these lame cartoon names?

David, Hannah, Levi, Benjamin, Miriam, Isaac, Aaron, Michael, Daniel, Eve, Esther, Gabriel, Judith...

"im gonna name my kind madoka and naruto i love anime XD" - Average Japanese parent

>> No.11441270

>>11441260
Yes because these names never existed about until anime was invented...

Fucking idiot...

>> No.11441278

>there are people on /jp/ RIGHT NOW named Adolf in the the year 2013

>> No.11441283

>>11441270
Yeah, I can already see you as the type of person to name your kid after Final Fantasy 7 characters.
I'm sure little baby Cloud Sephiroth Inuyasha will be so happy when he grows up with those names.

Name your son Mark or Moshe, he wont be bullied with a normal name.

>> No.11441290
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Better than Western popular names.

>> No.11441286

>>11441242
Yukari is a good name, faggot

>> No.11441288

>>11441278
I was always courious if anyone after wwii was named adolf. I have yet to see ANY one with the name adolf.

The name Adolf itself is not bad and yet people think it is a bad name in this day and age. I am temped to change my name into adolf just to prove a point

>> No.11441293

>>11441283
You are clearly missing the point here.

>> No.11441300 [DELETED] 

>>11441288
>88

SIEG HEIL DUDE!

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>>11441229
>>11441215
I mean this Aya faggots

>> No.11441307 [DELETED] 

>>11441288
>88
holy shit

>> No.11441311

>>11441242

I was just thinking, what are some good weeb names that would translate well into english and not look very weeb?

>> No.11441312

>>11441290
>Liam
>jayden
>Aiden

Why would you ever choose such a name for your kid?
Imagine this guy when he's 50 with a name like Jayden. Its a name for lesbians and faggots.

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>>11441260

Why can't murrikans give their kids real names and not these lame sitcom names?

"im gonna name my kind emma and logan i love friends and xmen XD" - Average Murrikan parent

>> No.11441318 [DELETED] 

>>11441288
Sick dubs bro. Heil Hitler.

>> No.11441330

>>11441288
I knew a guy named Adolf born post WW2. He killed all the neighborhood cats.

>> No.11441340

>>11441293
That you're a huge weeb?

>> No.11441341

>>11441323
I agree.
If you're going to give your kid a name, look through the bible for one.

>> No.11441344

>>11441323
Who was named Emma on Friends? I can think of an x-men character Emma, but not a Friends one.

>> No.11441350

>>11441344
The daughter of that one guy who rollerbladed to teach his college classes.
I forget the names.

>> No.11441365

>>11441341
>look through the bible

So basically name your kid something Greek or Hebrew-transliterated.

>> No.11441388

>>11441288
My father and my grandfather are named Adolf.

>> No.11441394

No one here will have kids anyway so whats the point.

>> No.11441396

>>11441311
Emi

>> No.11441405

>>11441394

What about when Illusion makes Artificial Marriage?

>> No.11441410

>>11441311
Saber.

>> No.11441429

>>11441311

Remilia

>> No.11441444

>>11441290
>>11441323
Surprisingly acceptable. I was expecting "Faith", "Ishmael", and "Beyoncé".

>> No.11441452

>>11441311
Udonge.

>> No.11441457

>>11441311
Patchouli.

I never get why some plants become popular names and others don't. I might just call my child "Plant".

>> No.11441458

>>11441444

What's wrong with "Faith"?

>> No.11441462

Man, imagine if you named your child Reimu then Touhou got popular when she was older she'd get bullied to HELL and back in the playground.

>> No.11441471

>>11441458
Dunno. I suppose all names start out as words, but it feels very gimmicky. As if you're trying to instil a belief in your child through its name. At least people whose names mean "hope" in ancient Aramaic can get away with nobody ever knowing.

>> No.11441475

>>11441344
Rachel and Ross' daughter you troglodyte.

Step it up.

I saged btw. Fuck moot and the newfags.

>> No.11441476

>>11441462
Then name her Reisen. I would pet her.

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>>11441290
>Jayden

>> No.11441485

>ひなた Koharu
What the fuck

>> No.11441495

>>11441311
Satorin

>> No.11441521

>>11441226
i like how you formatted this post

>> No.11441553

>>11441521
You should check out /prog/[1] some time.

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[1] http://world4ch.org/prog/

>> No.11441583

>>11441553
I don't like /pro/g/. They killed /prog/.

>> No.11441615

>>11441312
better than being a 67 year old white man named Tyrome.

>> No.11441629

>>11441242
>>11441311
There is not problem if your child is half Japanese

>> No.11441679

I know quite a lot of JAV actresses with the names on the girls list.

Although I like the name Hayato for a child.

>> No.11441682

>>11441615
But Tyrone is a white name.

http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Tyrone

>> No.11441689

>>11441629

Well that's obviously not going to happen you virgin nerd

>> No.11441691

>>11441682
>Metapedia
>The alternative encyclopedia

Should have called it "Hipsterpedia".

>> No.11441697

>>11441682
was *originally a white name.

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Which Friend from Friends would you befriend?

>> No.11441705

>>11441691
Its more accurate than wikipedia.
http://en.metapedia.org/wiki/International_Jewry

>> No.11441711

None because they're all sluts.
How many people did each of them fuck, like 30?

>> No.11441727

>>11441700
>>11441711

I'd still fuck the shit out of the black haired one. I don't think she ever did it anal, maybe she's still a virgin there

>> No.11441733

6 /jp/sies should move to the big city and share apartments and be F*R*I*E*N*D*S

>> No.11441732

>>11441727
I think there was actually a joke about that in the series, but I don't remember it. Something about how her boyfriend wanted to do it but she didn't.

>> No.11441734

>>11441727
Enjoy Richard's used goods.

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>>11441189
Besides Alice? Yumeko.
Not a particular fan of the 2hu, but I love the name.

>> No.11441753

>>11441733
/jp/, would you agree to be part of a reality show where 8 NEETs are given a home? Maybe you'd have challenges, like having to socialize with another NEET in order to get into your room. And one of the "NEETs" is secretly an actor pretending to be a NEET.

>> No.11441758

>>11441733

S-So 3 of them would dress up as traps?

>> No.11441763

>>11441753
Would there be a prize?

>And one of the "NEETs" is secretly an actor pretending to be a NEET.
I can smell a normie fakeNEET from miles away

>> No.11441766

>>11441753

>/jp/, would you agree to be part of a reality show where 8 NEETs are given a home?

So they would just film us hiding in our rooms browsing /jp/?

>like having to socialize with another NEET in order to get into your room.

P--P-P-P-Please mo-mo-mov-move ... *runs out of house never to be seen again*

>> No.11441774

>>11441753
Gay orgy panty parties every day

>> No.11441777

Where the FUCK is Rin-
>>11441177
Oh. Good.

>> No.11441778

>>11441766
Does that mean we'll have to share a router because it'll have to be rebooted dozens of times a day

>> No.11441780

>>11441763
NEETs would be eliminated one by one, either for failing to complete tasks, or for completing tasks (sometimes the correct action is "I'll do it tomorrow.")
The winner gets to live there forever with a lifetime supply of food/electricity/merchandise.

>>11441766
>So they would just film us hiding in our rooms browsing /jp/?

Yes.

>> No.11441783

6/10

>> No.11441787

>>11441778
Yes, just so you can have that one scene where dramatic music plays and two NEETs face off. Shiteposter versus goodposter, who will win?

>> No.11441789

>>11441753
I would only watch it if they replace all the NEETs with teenage girls pretending to be NEETs. With yuri undertones.

because I'd sooner drink bleach before watching a show about fat sweaty neckbeards for a whole hour.

>> No.11441802

>>11441789
People are sick of watching pretty people in reality shows.

Why do you think the biggest loser and those idol shows hit it off so big
They want to see how sweaty NEET on NEET action

>> No.11441840

>>11441802
>People are sick of watching pretty people in reality shows
well, I'm not. I watch idol variety shows and I think, "gosh, can't they airbrush and CGI a bit harder? looking a bit pig disgusting there."

>> No.11441907 [DELETED] 

test

>> No.11441931

>>11441457
>Remilia
>Emilia
>Emilia coccinea -- Scarlet tasselflower,

Oh shit

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>>11441189

Alice, Rin, Marisa, and Ellen are at the top of my list

>> No.11441964

Good names for a new visual clothing brand, anyone?

>> No.11442000

sanae

>> No.11442039

>Haruto
>Ryusei

I wonder if their parents are ライダー fans.

>> No.11442048

>>11441177
I thought that Yuki was a common name... at least there are a lot of Mios, Aois and Rins.

>> No.11442091

>>11442048

>common

Well it's a good thing that isn't the list of "top 50 most common names in Japan" isn't it?

>> No.11442103

>>11442091
It is apparently a very popular boys name this year though. What the hell.

>> No.11442192

>>11441311
Karen dess

>> No.11442479

>>11441689
If you are going to be a retard and get married (unless you're planning on having children outside of wedlock, which is even worse), why not a Japanese girl? Especially if you want to give your children a Japanese name.

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excellent

>> No.11443226

Dunno man seems kinda DQN.

>> No.11443271

>>11442479
Not him but that's my plan, and get use her surname instead.

>> No.11443316

>>11442479
Nah, my genetics are too shitty.
I'd rather find a couple with great genes, buy sperm from them, check for any undesirable traits and possible complications, and then hire a surrogate mother.

>> No.11443321

>>11441165
So, what, the names of the 20 kids that were born last year?

>> No.11443323

>>11443321
Ohohohoho.

>> No.11443337

>>11441169
Woah. Shota is so popular in Japan.

>> No.11443344

how come the japanese don't have their own version of ebonics names like "la haruto" or "shaYUIa" or "trayuuto"

those names have lots of cultural heritage...the japanese should get on it

>> No.11443346

>>11443344
Because they get to do weird shit like make up their own readings for kanji.

Its more like L-A (ladasha)

>> No.11443356

I kind of like Sousuke, due to my fondness of Naruto.. :3 And Hinata isn´t too bad either, believe it or not.

>> No.11443362

>>11443346
that's true, but i wonder about the naming scheme as well. how come some kids get named with kanji yet other ones just get plain hiragana? one of my japanese professors in college had her name まりこ spelled out in regular hiragana and since it was an advanced class people asked. she just said "that's what my parents chose". does that have any real significance or is it just lazy parents?

japs are also interesting in regards to their names...they don't take "western" names when they're in other countries like other asians. they don't go by anything else. i wonder what that's all about?

>> No.11443428

>>11441288
Wtf. >>11441290
I replied to this post and it got deleted.

I can praise Comrade Stalin, but I can't say Heil Hitler?

:/ 4chan is biased.

>> No.11443439

>>11443428
Nobody gives a shit about your repeating digits other than s4s.

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>> No.11443447

>>11443439
>your repeating digits

It wasn't my dubs, bro.

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>>11443444
>Luca

>> No.11443452

>>11443362
Because Japanese is easily pronounceable by westerners. Why would you give up your name unless the people you were around all day literally could not pronounce it?

>> No.11443474

>>11443452
to "fit in" or whatever...half of the people that i've met who used fake western names were easily pronounceable. japanese is easy to pronounce, but i've never met a person with a japanese name who used something else. it's just interesting since the other east asians frequently do it. even the koreans who also have relatively simple names.

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>>11443452
>Japanese is easily pronounceable by westerners.

Keyword: "Easily." Not "correctly."

>> No.11443896

>>11443444
Naja, immer noch besser als Kevin oder Chantal.

>> No.11443904

>>11443452

>Because Japanese is easily pronounceable by westerners

Only if you're a native Romance speaker.

>> No.11443916

>>11443472

Rin - "Ryn? Is there a Ryn in the class?"

Marisa - "Marissa? Is there a Marissa here?"

>> No.11443927

>>11443344
They're called DQN names

>> No.11443957

>>11443904

You mean a native speaker of a language with clear vowels, which is basically every European language except English.

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>>11443916
Marisa is a western name.

>> No.11443963

>>11443916
today i realized that rin isn't pronounced like bin

>> No.11443969

>>11443957
Practically every European languages besides English is a Romance language. English is Germanic.

>> No.11443970

>>11443963

"RREEN"

>> No.11443976

>>11443474
The reverse is true too though, you aren’t supposed to adopt a Japanese name if you live in Japan unless you become naturalised while in e.g. China foreigners will often adopt a Chinese name.

>> No.11443986

>>11443969
>Practically every European languages besides English is a Romance language

Nope. Slavic and Germanic languages are the majority.

>> No.11444013

>>11443976
well yes and no, its polite to kanize your name, you just wouldnt take on a kanjitastic name

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>>11441189
Cirno.

>> No.11444047

>>11444013
Writing your name in katakana to them is more like writing 聡 as satoshi, though.

>> No.11444051
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>Not naming your child Soda

>> No.11444066

>>11441964
What is a non visual clothing brand?

>> No.11444128

>>11443896
Genau. Ziemlich DQN die zwei..

>> No.11444740

>>11444051
hah!

>> No.11444799

>>11441165
Hayato sounds manly. This thread ain't /jp/ OP.

>>11444051
I don't understand whats funny about it...
Who are you quoting?

>> No.11444811

i wish people still named their kids with names that end in -nosuke or -zaemon like the good old days

>> No.11444819

>>11441189
suwako

>> No.11444817

>>11444811
They might be, you know.

The chart is just skewed because shorter names are obviously going to occur more often than longer names, because of how japs name their kids.

>> No.11444831

>>11444817
because of how japanese names work*

>> No.11444878

>>11444831
Because "shorter is better"?

>> No.11444893

>>11444878
No, because long Japanese names are just combinations of shorter parts; meaning that the longer a name gets, the rarer it gets by definition.

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>>11444893
>by definition
I'm very curious about your thought process.

>> No.11444909

>>11444903
I'm curious about my own thought process as well. I'm kind of tired so I don't know what I'm thinking.

>> No.11444910

I'm not even sure how many people named Yuki I know.

>> No.11444916

>>11442039
>Ryusei
or Super Robot Taisen fans

>> No.11444919

>>11443962
Some asian parents are starting to give their kids names that are easy to say in "Western" countries

>> No.11444928

>>11443362
Parents are just getting a bit more creative with naming kids in Japan. One of my friends named his daughter マリ. Just in katakana.

>> No.11444949

>>11444928
My cousins in Japan are named Reia, Yuki and Yohei.

All of them are written in katakana.

>> No.11444985

>>11444949
>レイア
damn star wars fans

>> No.11444994

Japs should take Korean names.
Japanese civilization came from ancient Korea after all.

>> No.11444996

>>11444994
I'll knife you and throw you in the Sea of Japan!

>> No.11444997

>>11444994
Kim?

>> No.11446226

>>11441259
If they're written in Kanji it's usually easier to tell, and/or if you know what the name means.

>> No.11446308

>>11444994
You are not a true corean, just a bad troll, please leave.

>> No.11447570

>>11444985
I think it was cute since my auntie's name is Reiko.

>> No.11447662

>>11441323
>Liam
I bet Liam Neeson is solely responsible for this.

>> No.11447764

>>11447662
More like the Hemsworth dude.

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