----- Original Message -----
From: allyn yonge <ayonge@yahoo.com>
To: Brendan <brenda02@m4.sprynet.com>; <ffml@fanfic.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 1999 11:11 AM
Subject: [FFML] Re: [fic ideas]{{Japanese Naming conventions}}
One: What does 'ko' in Ranko mean? I know 'ma'
means horse and 'Ran' is
suppose to mean wild. So what does 'Ranko' mean?
Child with a conotation of feminity, Ranko means
Wild Child.
<snip>
"ko" seems to be used more often used in feminine
names, but it is not exclusive.
The reference I have, "Japanese Names for Babies" by Aiko
Nishi Uwate (1989), lists 'ko' only for girls. The same
book gives 'ro' as a male equivalent (boy, male).
<snip>
Masculine or neutral names ending in "ko" are:
Akihiko, Gekko, Haruhiko
This does not mean the ko phoneme doesn't appear in
boys names (E.G.: 'hiko' means prince, and uses a different
Kanji from 'ko'). Unsure of Gekko, however.
Kevin D. Hammel
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