[ANSTHRLD] Help with Japanese Name and Mon

[Faelan Caimbeul]

Kenichi would be a given name, not family. I would try Kenshi and/or Kensai.
Those are close, and they're legit. This name sounds like a character from a
video game I played. Not that that necessarily disqualifies it, but Gohan
from Dragonball Z is the word for rice, in Japanese. All those characters
were named after food. Some Japanese thought it was hilarious.


Faelan.


On 3/12/07, Kathleen O'Brien <kobrien at texas.net> wrote:
>
> The best place to go for medieval Japanese names is "Name Construction in
> Medieval Japan" by Solveig Throndardottir.  It is available in print from
> Potboiler Press.  The new edition has bunches of new names.
>
> Solveig has one article online.  It's at:
>        http://www.s-gabriel.org/names/solveig/nanori/
>
> I looked in my copy of NCMJ and neither <Kenichi> nor <Tsubame> are in
> there.  Can the submitter tell you where they found them?  Also, which is
> supposed to be the surname and which is supposed to be the given
> name?  (In
> Japanese names, the surname comes first.  So, in this name, I would assume
> <Kenichi> is the surname.)  Also, is the given name supposed to be
> masculine or feminine?  (I couldn't tell from the original message.)
>
> There are multiple different types of names that act as a given name in a
> Japanese name.  The most common type is nanori.  If the submitter
> specifically wants something different (like a yobina or some other type),
> then I'll need to look in a different area in NCMJ.
>
> Taking a look at the name article Domhnall referenced, I would offer one
> warning.  A casual reader could interpret that you can take any protheme
> and any deuterotheme and combine them to make a nanori (given name).  That
> is very much not the case and we routinely have submitters who create a
> name that has meaning to them, but that turns out not to be a plausible
> period construction.
>
> I'll be glad to look up info in NCMJ if that would help.  I think there is
> also a copy in the kingdom library and a couple other people around the
> kingdom also have copies.
>
> Mari
>
>
> >A good plaxe to start would be at An Online Japanese Miscellany
> >http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/miscellany.html , it has a very
> good
> >article on names and also a good article on mons.
> >
> >Domhnall
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <BSmif76308 at aol.com>
> >To: <heralds at lists.ansteorra.org>
> >Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:31 PM
> >Subject: [ANSTHRLD] Help with Japanese Name and Mon
> >
> >
> >> Greetings,
> >>
> >> Some one in my group is interested in registering his Japanese name and
> >> Mon and I have no idea where to start researching.
> >>
> >> Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Name is Kenichi Tsubame
>
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