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battists · 06-12-2006, 12:49 PM

Well, not quite right, wife in Japan and all.

For example, the name Katsuhiko is a normal guy's name. The trick is, in Japanese "-ko" and "hiko" are 2 separate Kanji. So, it doesn't necessarily work to say "all names ending in ko are girls' names." It's just that all names ending in "-ko" based on the Kanji for "child" are girly names.

That said, I just flipped through the first names and found the following suspicious girly names:

Miyoko
Ryoko
Shigeko
Yuko

It may be possible for some of these like "Yuko" to be guy's names if they're really long vowels like "Yuukou".

F. Montoya, you around?

06-12-2006, 12:49 PM	#9
battists Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 18,506	Well, not quite right, wife in Japan and all. For example, the name Katsuhiko is a normal guy's name. The trick is, in Japanese "-ko" and "hiko" are 2 separate Kanji. So, it doesn't necessarily work to say "all names ending in ko are girls' names." It's just that all names ending in "-ko" based on the Kanji for "child" are girly names. That said, I just flipped through the first names and found the following suspicious girly names: Miyoko Ryoko Shigeko Yuko It may be possible for some of these like "Yuko" to be guy's names if they're really long vowels like "Yuukou". F. Montoya, you around? Last edited by battists; 06-12-2006 at 12:52 PM.