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Is Hisao's name supposed to be ironic or something? I just found out that it means "long-lived man"...

Shizune's name means "quiet sound" and Misha's real first name can be interpreted as "not a name". Rin's last name is Tezuka.

Aura wrote:Shizune's name means "quiet sound" and Misha's real first name can be interpreted as "not a name". Rin's last name is Tezuka.

Wow...for some reason, that makes me love this thing even more than I already do...awesome job.

I knew about Shizune but not the others. That's kinda cool. Especially Rin's name.

Most of my Japanese friends have strangely fitting names. Tomoaki (智明) especially because all he does is study all day in the library. I swear I'll get him to play video games yet!

What about the others though? Do they have any special meanings to their names?

Roxius wrote:What about the others though? Do they have any special meanings to their names?

Some American dude that lived in Japan for 3 years made a thread here detailing what he found odd about the character's names. But for the life of me, I can't find that damned thread. Someone help me out here.

"Ibarazaki" isn't even a name according to the name dictionary I'm using, although the dictionary is probably not a very good source. . .

Where are you guys seeing the kanji used in the names? "Emi" could mean "smile", but it could mean lots of things depending on how it's written.

ParagonDoD wrote:"Ibarazaki" isn't even a name according to the name dictionary I'm using, although the dictionary is probably not a very good source. . .

That's another name the guy pointed out in the thread I'm looking for. Says Ibarazaki is extreeeeeeeeeeeeemely rare.

That reminds me of the American guy that moved to Japan and made a name for himself, literally. He just picked what I can only presume he thought sounded like Japanese words and, hey presto, he had his very own Japanese name. I can't remember his name, though, English or "Japanese".

Aura wrote:Misha's real first name can be interpreted as "not a name".

About her nickname "Misha", I doubletaked when I saw her name because I'm used to seeing it as the diminutive form of the Russian male name "Mikhail".

Vertical wrote:

Roxius wrote:What about the others though? Do they have any special meanings to their names?

Some American dude that lived in Japan for 3 years made a thread here detailing what he found odd about the character's names. But for the life of me, I can't find that damned thread. Someone help me out here.

Found it. I remembered that it was in the Feedback thread, but it was pretty far back.

Warwick wrote:

Vertical wrote:

Roxius wrote:What about the others though? Do they have any special meanings to their names?

Some American dude that lived in Japan for 3 years made a thread here detailing what he found odd about the character's names. But for the life of me, I can't find that damned thread. Someone help me out here.

Found it. I remembered that it was in the Feedback thread, but it was pretty far back.

*Face-palm*

I was going on the assumption he had his own thread. >_<

Thank you

ParagonDoD wrote:"Ibarazaki" isn't even a name according to the name dictionary I'm using, although the dictionary is probably not a very good source. . .

'Ibarazaki' is probably my fault. I came up with the name because I was infatuated with using 'ibara' in a name and my train of thought went like this:

'Ibara' means 'thorns'
->
In older versions of Little Mermaid stories, the mermaid princess was cursed to feel the pricking of needles and thorns on her feet with every step
->
The mermaid princess traded her tail for legs
->
Emi does not have real legs like the mermaid princess

'Zaki' was thrown in as a nod to the morbid interpretation of 'zaki' from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, from the name Sonozaki, meaning 'tearing apart'.

Now why 'Ibarazaki' was ultimately chosen by the dev team, I do not know.

Validus Razgriz wrote:

Aura wrote:Misha's real first name can be interpreted as "not a name".

About her nickname "Misha", I doubletaked when I saw her name because I'm used to seeing it as the diminutive form of the Russian male name "Mikhail".

Russian names tend to sound effeminate to English speakers, apparently due to "-a" being masculine in Slavic languages whereas it's feminine in Romance languages.

Sasha, Ilya, Misha...

Caesius wrote:

Validus Razgriz wrote:

Aura wrote:Misha's real first name can be interpreted as "not a name".

About her nickname "Misha", I doubletaked when I saw her name because I'm used to seeing it as the diminutive form of the Russian male name "Mikhail".

Russian names tend to sound effeminate to English speakers, apparently due to "-a" being masculine in Slavic languages whereas it's feminine in Romance languages.

Sasha, Ilya, Misha...

Misha? Thats sounds like a girls name... Yep, Misha always sounded like a girl's name to me. English is my first (and only fluent) language, being IN AMERICA and all. I do some of studying of Kremlinology, so that's why I'm familiar with some Russian names.

Also, English is a West Germanic language, not a Romance language. Although it has heavy influence from other languages, especially French thanks to the Norman invasion of England.