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Everyone's got a name or at least something close to it. But do you guys know what your names actually mean, or the reason you were given that name? We give pokémon names to set them apart, but does the way you name yours mean anything special? I just named this guy Lemon Twist since he reminds me of striped lemon candy.

[It’s been a boring day, for once Killua didn’t feel like doing something insane. Instead he’s just laying on his Dunesparce.]

It's interesting when you think about it: someone or you yourself has been given this word to identify by and it could have some really deep mean behind it. It could be something that a person thought sounded cute but in the end it's pretty sucky for you. For example, someone could have named their kid after a word that sounds cool yet it could mean horse-shit in the language its from.

I sort of lucked out with the way my parents named me and my siblings, but it has me wondering about everyone else. So tell me what your names mean.

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Oh, this sort of thing is pretty interesting, isn't it? Mine's written with the characters for truth and a kind of musical instrument, but that's actually a pretty girly way to write Makoto, so you wouldn't find many other guys using that spelling.

There is a girly way to write out a name?

Yeah! Oh, in Japan, at least - I could show you, if you were that interested?

I'm always interesting in learning about other worlds' countries, so go right ahead.

Edited 2014-08-16 21:02 (UTC)

Well, okay. Give me a sec--

[ and he pulls out a small notebook and pen before writing his name, larger than normal so the characters (真琴) can be easily seen. turning it to face the camera, he continues: ]

Right... so, you can stop me at any time if this gets boring, but this is how you spell my name. "Makoto" can be a name for girls and boys, but most of the time if people were going to name a boy Makoto, they'd just use the first character on its own. The second one means an instrument that's kind of like a harp, so it makes it sound more like the kind of name you'd give a girl. Does that make sense...?

I think I get it. So allow it would just mean the same but the addition give it a female tone?

That something that happens in kanji, right? [Botan had just been talking about how her name was spelt too.]

Yeah, more or less! That first one on its own just means "truth", but if you add the second kanji too, I guess the meaning might be closer to something like "true harp"...? Something like that, anyway!

Of course, then you have names which can have many completely different meanings depending on the kanji while still sounding exactly the same, ahaha.

That sounds a bit complicated, but then the only way anyone would know the spelling is unless tell them or they see it. That's more of a universal thing, now that I think about it. You're way just has another layer to it.

Oh, when you put it like that, that's true! Does the meaning stay exactly the same then, when that happens?

At that point I guess it's just to make the names dissimilar visually.

That does make sense for avoiding confusion and things, I guess...

Oh, what about you? You said you thought you lucked out with your name, right?

My parents have an interesting way for naming me and my siblings. The last syllable one name will be the starting syllable for the next siblings name.

Starting with the oldest; it goes Illumi, Milluki, Killua that's me, Alluka, and Kalluto.

Oh, I see! That's actually really clever, how did they think of something like that?

I never got around to asking about it so I'm not to sure. Maybe my did it that way on a whim.

Maybe...! Naming people or pets almost seems like something that you'd need to think about, though.

They thought about the way to do it but they might not have a reason. That's a bit more creative then what most people would do at least.

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