i dont get it

[Fair Warning]

so when people say "Hello Minato." they are actually saying "Hello port and harbor."

Isn't that a little weird for japanese people.


and Itachi means weasel

 

[FreakensteinAG]

Just like when people say "Hello, Angel" or "Hello, Destiny".

 

[Fair Warning]

Just like when people say "Hello, Angel" or "Hello, Destiny".

Well those aren't physical objects.

Why would you name your child Ino(boar)?

 

[Yugito]

... I doubt it :erm:

 

[Punk Hazard]

You can't understand and it seems weird to you because it's not your culture. To me, it's kinda like when Native Americans have names like Red Hawk, or Night Eagle.

 

[itachi4real]

I dont know why most of their names something else

 

[FreakensteinAG]

Well those aren't physical objects.

Why would you name your child Ino(boar)?

Then I'll play it safe and simply say our names all have ancient meanings to them. Dylan, for example, means "Guardian of the waters", or Sadie means "princess". Ivan means "By the grace of God".

 

[Bijuu Bomber]

Not much weirder than let's say:

Angel
Clover
June
July
Autumn
Destiny
Bridge(it's a name surprisingly)

All cultures have different name types that feel normal while different to others.

 

[Fair Warning]

You can't understand and it seems weird to you because it's not your culture. To me, it's kinda like when Native Americans have names like Red Hawk, or Night Eagle.

You can't compare NA's to modern Japanese, i mean wtf dude

 

[uchihajaime]

You can't compare NA's to modern Japanese, i mean wtf dude

why not? They're both cultures with their own unique names and languages that continue to exist in the modern world.

 

[Katachi]

I don't really know how to explain this, but Japanese names are kind of 'literate'; created using already existing Japanese words (most of the time, anyway) and are not derived from other languages. For example, the name James doesn't really 'mean' anything in the English language, apart from that, of course, it's a given name.
An example of a Japanese name: Aiko - 'love child' - meaning it actually means..well, something, I guess. u_u You can actually break the name down into two already existing words in the Japanese language. Love and child. You can't really do the same to 'James', at least not in English.
That's what I think. :bouncy:

 

[H A D E S]

My real name in my culture means "hail stones" ...lol

OT: Due cultural difference, we fail to understand the depth in those names..... thats all.