Imagine being called Pikachu... The teacher is gonna always say "Pikachu, I choose you!" when he wants you to answer a question.

@kidchameleon

2 жыл бұрын

This is underrated!

@itsmehan_

2 жыл бұрын

BYE LMAO-

@maxbillgren8160

2 жыл бұрын

i think Malfoy is worse becouse it is derived from the french mal foi or mal foy which means bad faith or unfaithful. not so much in the embaresment department but the meaning behind the name is defenetly worse.😬

@stxdude830

2 жыл бұрын

What if the teacher never did that tho, and jus spoke normal

@Sugarglidergirl101

2 жыл бұрын

@@stxdude830 well if the teacher knows anything about Pokémon there’s a good chance they’ll at least say it once after hearing such an unusual name…

I decorate cakes for a living. I triple check name spellings for a very good reason. I slowly become more and more immune to kids names as each year passes

@pattibookworm7626

2 жыл бұрын

I guess you weren't the one who thought "Under Neath That" was a name! lol

@voopu

2 жыл бұрын

Can you give us a best of, or rather a "worst of"?

@Edino_Chattino

2 жыл бұрын

I work on a hospital, same for me. You simply become immune to it, and can call them perfectly on the first try.

@sergiom3988

6 ай бұрын

​@@Edino_ChattinoPractice makes perfect I guess.

Funny to hear that the “K8lynne” effect, or basically parents over-doing their attempts to be unique, is a world wide thing. 😭

@beatfromjetsetradio8239

2 жыл бұрын

As a Clayton, which is close enough, don’t do this.

@YuBeace

2 жыл бұрын

@@beatfromjetsetradio8239 Hahaha, I’ll name my kid Cl8on after you, my friend! 😂

@beatfromjetsetradio8239

2 жыл бұрын

@@YuBeace Oh, dear. At least let me spit out an album first so you know I’m cool! 🤣

@kurorekku

2 жыл бұрын

Did you mean KVIIIlynne

@Liggliluff

2 жыл бұрын

Is it really a worldwide thing...?

I will never forget the news story of the little girl that got her name changed. Her name was “Talula Does The Hula In Hawaii”. I hope her parents were barred from naming any other kids.

@raven_bard

2 жыл бұрын

I remember a court case in France where the parents of a newborn tried to appeal to the judge to let them keep their baby's name of Nutella. Yes, the chocolate spread. I'm so glad the judge told them to change it. There was also a couple in China who wanted to name their kid @ - yep, just the symbol but it was denied because there was no Chinese character equivalent.

@fla9086

2 жыл бұрын

How is it even legal to name your kid like that?

@holad2127

2 жыл бұрын

Is that even legal?

@WriterBren

2 жыл бұрын

@@holad2127 Someone let it slip. Look up the name and there are lots of stories about it.

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

I remember that! She was from New Zealand. I live in New Zealand and everyone here heard about it and me and my friends talked about how bad we felt for her.

My name is actually Sunshine and when I was young I was embarrassed because I was bullied for it, but I've grown to love my name. It isn't as bad as a kirakira name, but it's still a bit unusual for a name when it's usually a nickname. I met a Japanese woman who said she would've named me Hideko, Hi as in sun, De as in out and Ko as in female child in kanji. 日出子

@s0y68

2 жыл бұрын

You know, I never encountered someone with the same name. This made me feel happy for some reason 😊 I dont know if you have another name you go by but whenever there was a substitute that called me by that name (i have 2 first names) I would get embarrassed as my family only called me that.

@laoyue5924

2 жыл бұрын

“sunshine” is a fairly common name in the philippines 😂 also the name “lovely”, “princess”, “honey” (which i’ve seen a few older guys named “honey boy”), “precious”, etc.

@s0y68

2 жыл бұрын

@@laoyue5924 i just so happen to be filipino lmao, maybe its cause I grew up in America

@skye387

2 жыл бұрын

I've never heard anyone have those kind of names before :0

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

@@laoyue5924 whenever I see Filipino names it makes me laugh. They would never be used as actual names in English (well maybe by some people but it’s strange). I imagine the parents heard these English words and thought the meaning was cool so named their kids that. This must be how English speaking look like when they give their kids names of other languages. I live in New Zealand and there is a Christian commune here called Gloriavale and all the people there have names like that and it’s really funny.

I know a woman who wanted to name her daughter Felony. Yes, felony meaning criminal act. Yes, she knew this. She thought it was a pretty word. Thankfully her family talked her out of it.

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059

2 жыл бұрын

Or VaGina.

@kreizix

2 жыл бұрын

I actually think it does sound pretty as a name. Too bad it has such a bad meaning.

@lcs-1

2 жыл бұрын

@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059 WHAT

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059

2 жыл бұрын

@@lcs-1 A girl that I knew as a kid said that her mom wanted to name her younger sister VaGina You know the name Gina but with the Va in front so it was more unique...

@WT.....

2 жыл бұрын

"No officer, I've never committed any crimes before, but I do have a Felony under my name."

Maeda Toshiie. Also, in the manga, Tonikaku Kawaii, the main character's name is 星空. 星 means star, pronounced Hoshi. 空 means the sky, pronounced Sora. So Hoshizora. However, it's read as NASA. As in the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

@EllyG

2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking about this series while I watched this lol.

@lejindaryjams

2 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@ADeeSHUPA

2 жыл бұрын

@@EllyG なさ

@BabySonicGT

2 жыл бұрын

Haha yea literally in the 1st episode nasa talks about this

@dj0ph10n

7 ай бұрын

So his name is Starsky? Is the other main character named Hutch?

I heard the name “Arisu” and I thought it was a really cute girl’s name and then I learnt it was just the japanised version of “Alice”.

Once in a while you’ll meet someone with a unique name that’s actually kinda cool. A good friend of mine is named Mars (which is very funny to me cause he writes sci fi) and the one fun thing that happened with that was a creative writing teacher kept calling him Ares (cause in Roman and Greek mythology Mars and Ares are essentially the same god).

@Al-isthatyou

2 жыл бұрын

I think Ares is a really nice name!

@marthmallow7420

2 жыл бұрын

i’ve only met one person with a sort of unique name, Carolyn. not as cool as Mars or Ares, but she was a very nice person, i miss her

@Hannah_Z

2 жыл бұрын

I went to middle and high school with a kid named Apollo!

@marialena5320

2 жыл бұрын

@Katherine H In Greece people use that name to actually name their kids and it’s not that uncommon! We also use other greek gods’ names as well !

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

I have a friend called Auden and my dad always calls him Oden lol.

A famous Kira Kira name in America a while ago was Abcde pronounced “Absehdee” In my brothers elementary school there were twins named Armani and Dasani (which is a water brand lol) My school in Japan has a lot of Kira Kira named students 😅

@CatMuto

2 жыл бұрын

I personally dislike the names Nevaeh and Legna. (Heaven and Angel backwards) The latter especially because I always read it as leg-nah first and not, as it seems to be 'supposed' to be pronounced, Lay-na.

@a.b.cooper4807

2 жыл бұрын

My mom worked at a school where a student was called "PAH-juh-may," which Mom thought sounded pretty . . . until she saw it written out - "Pajama"

@aphr0d

2 жыл бұрын

Armani is a nice name but i would be so mad if my twin got to be called Armani and I got stuck with Dasani 😂😂😂

@TommyWashow

2 жыл бұрын

@@CatMuto legnna sounds like ligma

@anxx5233

2 жыл бұрын

@@CatMuto how do you read Nevaeh tho? Ney-vey?

New Zealand’s famous KiraKira name is “Tula does the hula from Hawaii” the judge thought it was so bad that he ordered her temporarily placed under court guardianship (she was 9 years old) so a suitable name could be chosen.

@silkvelvet2616

2 жыл бұрын

the kid was so embarassed that she was refusing to tell her friends what her name was, so everyone was calling her 'K'

@zetizahara

2 жыл бұрын

I support parents having freedom in naming their children, but it shouldn't be carte blanche. A common sense check would be good. I don't like it when countries restrict names overly much like Germany and Portugal.

@poilaaliop

2 жыл бұрын

What did she change her name to?

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

@@poilaaliop it wasn’t revealed for privacy reasons.

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

I’m from New Zealand and everyone here heard about that. Everyone felt so bad for her.

When Inuit name their babies after someone else, like an aunt/uncle, grandparent etc, the baby is treated as if they are the person they’re named after. Example: my name is Martha, and I’m named after my great-grandmother. I remember being scolded for having very messy hair because my great-grandmother always took good care of her hair 😂 Also, about dog names! We used to name our dogs that had an opposite meaning to our first names! But these days, no one does that anymore, as most Inuit have English/French names (I used to be jealous of my cousin because her name is in Inuttitut.) It’s difficult to think of an example for this one

Have you ever heard of Umineko no Naku Koro Ni? The old grandpa in the story likes Europe so much he started a tradition in his family to write the kanji as the meaning of the names, but the pronounciation would be english. For example, the main character is called “Battler”, his name is written as 戦人. Imagine the confusion when he tries to explain this to his teachers etc.

@Sesshomaus1fangirl

2 жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I was thinking about

@MarieAntoinetteBestQueen

2 жыл бұрын

I bet that was the main reason why Angie got bullied

We have the same naming scheme in Chinese. Last name + first name, separate from western name. But I live in the Philippines so my chinese name isn't really a "legal" name. It's just a thing I have and only used in school (and to sign my art with). Can't say it's a kirakira name but my first name truly small (小真 ) coupled with my last name 林. 林小真 makes me a dish garden. (A very small forest).

@debshaw680

2 жыл бұрын

That’s beautiful.

@madtabby66

2 жыл бұрын

I think that’s much more common world wide.

@hamanakohamaneko7028

2 жыл бұрын

I'm heard that in China there is a Kirakira name called "毛沢西" which is "Mao Zexi" which is just Mao Zedong but Dong meaning East was changed to xi meaning west.

@cigimon4

2 жыл бұрын

bonsai

@saoliath5000

2 жыл бұрын

thats kind of adorable

My friend's sister just named her new baby Alaria, which is a parasitic flatworm found in the intestines of some dogs or wild carnivores...👍

@K000H

2 жыл бұрын

Alaria sounds nice, but oof. That's unfortunate 😂

@AdamOwenBrowning

2 жыл бұрын

That's what happens when we pick Elvish-sounding names because they sound cool without quickly checking Google first!

@BabySonicGT

2 жыл бұрын

Wow such a bad meaning for a good sounding name lol

(4:45) In Sweden, you can change your first name for a low cost of 250 kr (23 €, 3000 yen) -you can change your name freely once. This because you didn't pick your name and have the right to change it. If you want to change it again, you have to pay a fee.-

@dedbaka

2 жыл бұрын

That is literally brilliant.

@boreal3255

2 жыл бұрын

@@dedbaka literally Xbox live

@ADeeSHUPA

2 жыл бұрын

@@boreal3255 Xbox live

@deathmorphosis

2 жыл бұрын

Except that isn't true. The application fee starts at around 3000 yen. You can only change first name that is used to adress you to any of your other first names for it to be free. Only then what you said applies.

@Liggliluff

2 жыл бұрын

@@deathmorphosis Sweden doesn't use yen so I have no idea what you're talking about

In my country (Portugal), the government keeps an 80-page guide to which baby names are allowed and which are forbidden. The reason for the strict naming law is to abide by tradition while protecting the child from abuse. The Portuguese law considers that naming a child isn’t a right but rather a responsibility and children are entitled to the protection of the law even when considering name giving. As far as tradition, the law favors names that are traditionally Portuguese. There are exceptions for foreigners who are allowed to name their children with foreign names, but in Portuguese translation and according to the Portuguese orthography. Therefore, “Thomas” would become “Tomás” and “Philip” would be “Filipe”. No gender neutral names are allowed.

@thalia5382

2 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment that (I’m Portuguese-South African; my parents told me this) My mother always hated the law, so she gave my brother and me non-Portuguese names (The law doesn’t apply to the Portuguese that are born in different countries, even if we have dual citizenship)

@thomas5585

2 жыл бұрын

Japanese law doesn't restrict names but does ban Kanji being used in names like death, curse, evil, regret, etc.

@ermalpula

2 жыл бұрын

I think Portuguese have the most ridiculous names.. I know a few that have without any exaggeration 5 names.. it’s absolutely ridiculous..

@pintoeatmyhw

2 жыл бұрын

Same in Mexico, most of those names are pun-intended like: Rosa Celeste, which in English it means: Rub this - Rozas: you rub, el este: name used as reference to the pubic zone of the male.

@Claire18Hi

2 жыл бұрын

This sounds ridiculously restricting. I get they are trying to help the kids but this is too much

This is in Chinese. In my high school, I overheard a friend's friend named 思仁 (si1 ren2). Just by the name itself is quite neutral, and the literal meaning on the word itself are "think benevolent". However, her family name was 罗 (luo2), which then made out her full name to be 罗思仁 (luo2 si1 ren2), which have the exact same pronounciation as 螺丝人 (screw man).

@claricelee7173

2 жыл бұрын

That's unfortunate

@Weeping-Angel

2 жыл бұрын

Si1 ren2 also sounds like “private” Si3 ren2 sounds like “dead person” 😂😂 But luo2 si1 ren2 is screw(as in the metal object, not something else) person. The name also reminds me of snails if you know what I mean.

The guy changing his name from Oojisama to Hajime is a real boss. Really smart name choice and way better than his birth name.

I was almost named “KateLand” (yes capital “L” included) by my mom until my grandma said she was going to call me Katie either way so I was saved by my grandma lol. The land of Kate? An amusement park? So many scenarios😂😂

"If your name is Pikachu, you can change it to Raichu." I died 😂

In Indonesia names are like prayer so we tend to give child name with good meaning, so even if kira kira name is in trend lately they still hold a good meaning

I'm Persian and my name is Kian کیان (pronounced like Ki + On ) It consists of the old word for king, originally pronounced as Key/kay, but in it's plural form, so, Kings. Back in 800 A.D, because of the poetic nature of the farsi language, you would use "Kings" as for "King of Kings"

@uandubh5087

2 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful name!

@rusenpo

2 жыл бұрын

That's cool

@kimido

2 жыл бұрын

@@uandubh5087 Thank you ❤️

@ADeeSHUPA

2 жыл бұрын

@@kimido きやン

In Ukraine, we actually have a name which means "lion" - Lev. It is somewhat common in my hometown, which is named after our medieval king Lev. The Greek version of it, Leonid, was common among the older generation.

@EIIy

2 жыл бұрын

Same in France. The name Léo means lion and is quite popular. Léon was popular amongst the older generation

@atanvardecunambiel8917

2 жыл бұрын

In Hebrew, Lev means “heart”-so Lionheart :p

@yahalomren

2 жыл бұрын

In hebrew there are a bunch of name that say lion: Ari, Ariel, Lavi, Ari'e. Also Lev means a heart and my Cousin is named this way, also his twin brother's name is Cokhav which means a star. Just wanted to share those cute names.

@markmayonnaise1163

2 жыл бұрын

Lions are a classical symbol of Christianity and European monarchy (think of how many flags and coats of arms feature lions), but it seems this connotation is foreign to Japan hence George's confusion

George NEVER fails to put a smile on my face and also educates me at the same time. Thank you, bro

@ItsAlohaMonday

2 жыл бұрын

PNG my lc y

@1happypiranha

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!!! I always laugh and smile when watching George's videos! They're awesome!

I used to work at at the government department in New Zealand that included the Births Deaths and Marriages registrar. There is an unofficial list of names that people can't register as their children's name. Includes basically anything that'd be detrimental for the child (e.g. swear words, names like Talula does the Hula...) Officially though; you can't use any name that's an earned or hereditary title (e.g. Justice, Sir, Lord, Corporal, etc..) or anything with a number or special character (e.g. $, @, ?, etc...) Anything questionable gets raised to the attention of the Registrar General to sign off or not depending....

@nitrojane

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's the same here in Australia!

@djpenfoldnz

2 жыл бұрын

My favourite was Number 16 Bus Shelter, followed closely by the twins Benson and Hedges 🤣

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

I live in New Zealand and my friend’s dad is the only person from New Zealand with the name Bishop. It’s considered a title so you can’t be named it but somehow he managed to get his name changed to it.

@AdamOwenBrowning

2 жыл бұрын

It's the same in many Commonwealth countries, (I'm in England) a history of not wanting people's given-names to their children being confused with members of the aristocracy who have been given rank or title. I think over time, people will care less about this rule.

Some people in the US give their children names where the spelling is intentionally made so bizarre they have to give pronunciation guides whenever they put them in writing, and they often don't actually make any sense with how English phonetics work. Some examples I've seen: Abcde (pronounced ab-si-dee), Heighleigh (pronounced hay-lee) and ESPN (pronounced es-pen). People also like to take normal names and absolutely butcher the spelling: Kwynn instead of Quinn, Juleigh instead of Julie, etc.

This kinda of reminds of something we have in Brazil, where a person tries to make their kid's name "special", "fancy" or "unique" by either adding unecessary letters - like the name carolina as karrolynnya - or things no one would've ever call their kids, like "sedan", "Aeronauta" (pilot) or one poor girl that was named "Ava Gina".

In my country a lot of parents have been started either naming their children after weird nouns (storm, splinter, etc., and names like that are not considered normal here) OR doing that really weird spelling thing to make the name more unique. Personally I hate that...why are you using your child to seem more unique, when it might hinder them in life later? Just be unique on your own. Change your own name to Splinter.

@askaesca

2 жыл бұрын

Splinter, like the rat from TMNT? Might be millennial parents

@Scented_Shadow

2 жыл бұрын

@@askaesca I highly doubt it's related to TMNT, that was never that big where I live. I really think it's just in reference to the small little painful bits of wood, which like...why name your kid after something so annoying?

@FranziskaNagel445

2 жыл бұрын

Noun names are names to give to yourself. As usernames or aliases in multi-player games. I used to call myself Dystopia in minecraft.

@WerewolfLord

2 жыл бұрын

Then be sure to name your pet turtles after Renaissance artists.

@koro-is-caffeinated

2 жыл бұрын

Bro I've met people with these names: Xenon Daiquiri Chandelier Abcde (pronounced Ahpsody) Like I'm sorry but don't go naming your kid after elements or furniture ya know? Lmao

Note that in Hungary, it's also family name followed by given name. So the Hungarian Wikipedia follows that order for Hungarian and Japanese names, but uses the reverse for English, German and other names. Basically using the correct order for the native names all the time.

Thank you for another great video! In my country (Mexico), unfortunately I have heard a lot of kirakira names such as: -Covidio/Covidia - for COVID - 19 -Fulanito - We say that word (in an informal language) to talk about an unknown person, basically a John Doe. -Orange - it has no meaning in spanish, but is a basic color in english, so lots of people know about it. -Aniv de la Rev - it's a short way to write Aniversario de la Revolución (Revolution Anniversary / Civil War) I guess this poor child was born in November 20th. -Zoilaflor - it's a literal translation of "I am the flower" but it's badly misspelled, it's supposed to be "Soy la Flor" but that it's a complete sentence. -Marciano - the literal translation is alien. -Cero Cero Tres - again it has a literal translation which is zero zero three.

@VladimirJacinthe

2 жыл бұрын

Oh…okay, in my opinion, the first one is really in bad taste. Why would someone want to name their kids after a disease?

@valerial9081

2 жыл бұрын

Cómo que hay alguien llamado Aniversario de la Revolución 😭😭😭😭

@kittykatastrophy2872

2 жыл бұрын

@@VladimirJacinthe my mom knows someone named Demencia which is literally dementia in spanish

my mom wanted to name me "dennis" after the character "dennis the menace", thankfully that did not happen. the jokes would of been horrendous. but then my actual name is Frank, which was fine, until i was in high school and "filthy frank" came out

@primal2020

2 жыл бұрын

i WISH i was named after frank reynolds, but alas, i am only italian.

@dennisshaykevich3451

2 жыл бұрын

Can confirm the jokes, but not a prevalent as you would imagine. P.S. I'm NOT named after the character.

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

My dad jokes that if I was a boy he would of called me Heinz after Heinz baked beans. He’s so instant with it that I feel like had I been a boy he would of secretly find a way to make my name that. I think that’s worse than Dennis the menace lol. As a kid I actually thought Dennis the menace was cool so I don’t think Dennis would of been a bad name.

@I_am_Musiq94

2 жыл бұрын

My mom wanted to name me Frankie…im a girl.

@marshalbarachieloftheblack9697

2 жыл бұрын

OOF Could have countered that with having the same name as the late Frank Sinatra ; )

I had a class with a girl who was literally named Princess, lol. I also had a teacher who's mother named him Fluke- as in, a mistake. He always had a sense of humor about it.

It's pretty complicated in my country (Czech Rep.) when it comes to names, since we have this thing called declension. This basically means, that part of your name changes depending on what you're saying which determines the grammatical case you're using. So for example my real name is Mirka (meaning something like "peacefull", coming from Miroslava - celebrating peace). The first case is "Mirka", 2nd case (used for example to ask "without whom") is Mirky, 3rd (f.e. "to whom" in sense of direction) Mirce, 4th (f.e. "to whom" in sense to whom you're gonna give something) Mirku, 5th (you call or name someone) Mirko, 6th (f.e. "about whom" in sense "who you're talking about) Mirce and the last, 7th, (f.e. "with whom") is Mirkou. We also tend to change the form of the name, when speaking to somebody. So my friends call me Miri. My cousins name is Hana, I call her Hanďa (pronounce roughly as Han'dya) and when she was a child, we called her Hanička (pronounce roughly as "Ha-nyi-tsch'kha). And all these forms are being declined (each differently). This wasn't really problem until like 10 years ago, when people started giving their children foreign (esp. english) names. There comes problem with differences in writing and pronounciation. For example the name Nicole (one of my pupils name in czech school) - as a Czech I would pronounce it "Ni:ts'o:le" and the declension is becoming more and more complicated. When it comes to changing your name, of course you can (I'm not sure, but I think it's from the age of 18). I'd love to change both, my first name and my family name too. But I'm really affraid of my familys reaction. I think my mom would cry and ask "herself" loud, if she did anything wrong when raising me. My dads side of family would ask, why do I want to get rid of this family name and I can't explain that I feel weirdly ashamed, because the name has a meaning which basically says "being homesick or really sad because something or someone is gone or is too far away". But since I work aslo with foreigners (I'm German-Czech translator), I think I'm gonna use it as an excuse to do it.

@weaponscommanderroringusan5625

2 жыл бұрын

🍹🐙wow! i understood none of that

@KRYoung_dev

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, Czech sounds very difficult to learn!

@saya-mi

2 жыл бұрын

@@KRYoung_dev It is! Especially for native english speakers. If you're slavic descent or if you've ever learned Latin it's bit easier...

@LinaKei

2 жыл бұрын

I'm slovak and I have a czech name, that translates to "She likes to wander around" in past tense.

@user-sj9tw6uw2y

2 жыл бұрын

Čau I am Czech too and I can confirm that this is true Pls I hate it here I want to move out so bad 😭

Yes there are people who name their babies with strange names. One year they listed some of them in a newspaper. Some people had named their boys Gandalf (LotR) and funny enough, one girl had also given the name Gandalf!!! Poor girl. Many finnish names are not so meaningful, but then there are names which mean something, like Lumi (girl name, means snow) or Otso (boy name, old name for bear). Common names for girls/women are also Tuuli, which means wind or Meri (the sea). A boy can be named for example Aatos (a thought/idea) or Toivo (hope). I have many examples but here are a few.

@CatMuto

2 жыл бұрын

My mom saw a wedding announcement in newspapers, and the bride's name ended up being Miriam Mirimi. Or the poor girl that was called Sabrina Cinderella Schmidt...

@mememaster147

2 жыл бұрын

I used to know a girl from a school exchange called Pilvi who marked all her property by drawing a little cloud on it.

@tommisalenius7501

2 жыл бұрын

There is also the female name Aura, a derivative of a name Aurora ('dawn'), but literally means 'plow'. Not so long time ago after a heavy winter, some parents in Finland decided to be creative and combine two popular girl names into one, and their newborn baby became Lumi-Aura (literally 'snowplow")

@annina134

2 жыл бұрын

@@tommisalenius7501 yeah, almost as creative as Unelma Sirpa-Leena.. 🙄 Poor kids.

@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059

2 жыл бұрын

My cousin named her daughter Harlequin (Jester/Clown). Like that poor kid won't get beat up at school every day.

Crossover video with Sora the Troll, when, Takuya San?

I've noticed some people with the family name Estrella (star) like to name their daughter Soyla. Which means "I am the", so their name is a full sentence. That's also a thing people do in English.

@rx500android

2 жыл бұрын

Omg, my aunt is named Estella! As a first name tho, (Obv pronounced Estreya, although some people get confused) and her mother's name is Venus! Their whole family is named after different stars or things relating to heaven and the sky. It's really beautiful

@javierlatorre480

2 жыл бұрын

Soyla is a rather unfortunate name to have if you got the wrong surname, though. I've seen a Soyla Cerda before

@ohclow2037

2 жыл бұрын

@@javierlatorre480 This reminds me of "Soyla Vaca del Rancho".

@HoneyMike

2 жыл бұрын

@@javierlatorre480 Cerda is like the worst last name, I've never seen anyone with that name be called Soyla as well

In our community we usually name the child by taking two syllables , the first one is the last syllable of father’s name and second one can be of any kind. So in brief : the generation are counted easily and the ancestors are always remembered For eg if a person has name like Tado then his children will be named like Dojum and again the grandchildren will be jumba, jumsen……..etc

@Hunter_VanderMatthews

2 жыл бұрын

That's really cool, the generations are easily connected.

Kirakira names are indeed a worldwide trend right now, as young parents are getting overly creative with their baby's name. I come from Vietnam, and Vietnamese names are mostly similar to other East Asian names, specifically Chinese and Korean, as it consists of a family name and a given name in that order. Most names are 3-syllabic and have corresponding Chinese characters (called chữ Hán or Hán tự in Vietnamese), but parents nowadays tend to give their children 4- or even 5-syllabic names with really extravagant meaning/characters. For example, a cousin of mine had his firstborn daughter named Nguyễn Thái Phụng Anh (阮彩鳳英), which basically means "as brilliant as a colorful phoenix", or an acquaintance of mine has the name of Hoàng Hà Mỹ Ý (黄河美意 ), which means "goodwill". Those names are generally acceptable in Vietnam, but since I now live in a Western country, and names in Vietnamese are written separately for each syllable, when I write down my name on documents here, it really confuses people as to which is my real name. The matter is even more complicated the more syllable the name has.

In my country (Sweden), the authorities tries each baby name according to a rule-book about not being offensive or confusing, but rulings have sometimes been more or less arbitrary. For instance, some babies got the name "Prince" but others couldn't.

This video is so helpful so I don't choose a kirakira name. I am currently pregnant with my 第2子, living in Japan, and my children are half Japanese half American. My children have a Japanese first name and a American middle name.

In Ireland we have first name, middle name and then family name. Usually father's family name. Where I teach in Korea, its family name, one syllable and then given name, e.g. Choi Yuna. The names are fairly short. Given names are usually a maximum of 2 syllables. Family names, 1. Lee, Park, Kim, Choi, Ee, Ahn etc. When students choose an international name for their English academy, there are quite a lot of sparkly names. The most memorable one was "Ocean" for a girl.

@rambutketiak

2 жыл бұрын

You need to see chinese “english” name too. I was watching survival variety show and was shocked after seeing the trainee english name. Some of them is boogie, fish, and plan b.

@aphr0d

2 жыл бұрын

@@rambutketiak PLAN B?! 😂😂😂😂😂

@aphr0d

2 жыл бұрын

@@rambutketiak were they official english names or just like fun nick names? Cuz if it's a show it makes sense if they just use silly names

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

I remember reading the English name for a kpop idol and it was really funny. It would of been more confusing than them just using their Korean name.

When my son was born, I named him Albert after my father, which means brilliant and noble. For his middle name, my husband and I wanted a Japanese name with a meaning that would go well with Albert (my husband is half Japanese so we wanted to represent his heritage). We chose Hikaru because brilliant and light go together well, plus Hikaru was also Sulu's name (we're both Star Trek nerds).

@SnowxXxAngel

2 жыл бұрын

Albert Hikaru is a great name! Also that would make his name mean brilliant and noble light, which is a pretty awesome meaning overall

@Neekazan

2 жыл бұрын

@@SnowxXxAngel Thank you, and the meaning didn't escape our attention while coming up with it. Though a couple of our friends when we told the combined meaning of the name said that it was a rather hard name to live up to. My response was that our son will always be a shining light in my eyes... and he is for me.

@LaNoir.

2 жыл бұрын

Oldfashioned names can be really bothersome for kids, and Albert is a pretty old one. Fun fact: during covid peak in Germany they didn't know which people are old enough to get the vaccination first because they didn't keep track about age. But they had names, so they sent out a vaccination invitation to anyone whose name sounded above the age of 65, and yeah, some poor kids got one too.

This was very interessting to see how parents in Japan choose their child's name. Unfortunenatly this doesnt or hardly work in western languages, because they got letters. I would like to hear surnames like sun-treasure or freedom-light. 🌞

So, in short, Kirakira names are the answer to the question "how can I get my child bullied in life?"... 🤔🙄😅🧐😳

I am rolling at some of these! And here I thought I was being unorthodox by giving my son a Japanese name (I grew up in Japan and speak fluently, my son's first name is English and that's what he goes by here), Yūki, but using the kanji 勇輝 (courage, brilliant light) when 勇気 is the most common/well known choice. I feel like my choice is way more vanilla now. 🤣

@TokyoTigger

2 жыл бұрын

His first name is an English name, not that "English" is his name. Just to be clear lol.

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

Growing up in Japan as a foreigner and being able to speak fluent Japanese would be really cool. Very multicultural upbringing.

@TokyoTigger

2 жыл бұрын

@@rachelcookie321 It's a formative experience that I'm really grateful for and wouldn't change! It wasn't always easy and being very obviously foreign-looking brought its own challenges. Still, having the cultural background and international experience is irreplaceable and Japan is "home" for me, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

My favorite kind of names are the ones that are a blend of unique and mundane. They stand out, but not to a extreme where the person would get bullied or have issues with others pronouncing it. The name I picked out for myself, Hazen is a fairly good example. Its different but not so different where I'll get funny looks.

This video was fascinating! I would love to see more on that topic! In Poland, there is a trend of giving children "cool" foreign names, mostly American ones, but the parents often use the Polish spelling instead of the original one, which looks... well, really stupid 😅

@athynasaram

2 жыл бұрын

It's other way around in Croatia. They use original spelling and than people who do not speak English pronounce it according to the Croatian pronunciation which ends up even worse. It's a terrible combination, language with phonetic orthography (Croatian) and foreign names. Even when you know how to pronounce the name, you often do not know how to use it in Croatian, ie. when you need to change the case or write it down in different case or other morphological form. 😅

@magu5273

2 жыл бұрын

@@athynasaram oh I feel you, it also happens in Poland and I think the way Polish works is pretty similar to what you described about Croatian! Either way, the names often end up being butchered and I feel really sorry for the kiddos! I mean, I totally understand giving children non-Polish names when one of the parents is a foreigner. But pretty often both the parents are Polish and they give the child a "fancy" name like Jessica and it looks so bad paired with a "common" last name, like Kiełbasa (which means sausage and yes, I've really met people named like that!).

@yumeka_is_dreaming

2 жыл бұрын

Polish law determines that the first name must be written with the Polish alphabet. It isn't the parents' whim. And girls' will probably have husband's surname so Dżesika Kiełbasa doesn't matter...

@magu5273

2 жыл бұрын

@@yumeka_is_dreaming unless his last name is Krakowski and you end up with Kiełbasa-Krakowska, also a real world example :p

@yumeka_is_dreaming

2 жыл бұрын

@@magu5273 But attaching surnames is a choice 🙃 Still, this requires a great oneself's distance, yeah...

I've read multiple cases of kirakira names in Indonesia, and for most instances, the parent (usually the father) named the baby after something he liked and/or his hobby/hobbies. I personally dislike this, because it probably won't end up nicely for the kids once they get older 😓

@lovinawijaya

2 жыл бұрын

Yes lol, and nowadays parents also tend to complicate the spelling of their children's name to make them "unique"... Example: Sakina --> Saqueena

@hannahcrossett3415

2 жыл бұрын

I have met a few girls named Harley because of a biker dad.

@koro-is-caffeinated

2 жыл бұрын

My mom almost got named Brandy after the alcohol because it was her parent's favorite 😐

@aun7106

2 жыл бұрын

hell, me and my siblings were given rather complicated name. Yes you see my name right (Aliffiya is my middle name. everytime my classmate write my name, they need to ask me first) my younger brother has worse.. spelling. there's a time when I don't know how to spell it. ck 😒

@SnowxXxAngel

2 жыл бұрын

@@koro-is-caffeinated a woman I know, named Brandy, named her daughter(who is like 10 or so years younger than me) Sativa... which is a type of Marijuana.... and my parents named their dogs Kush and Sativa when they got them....

Whenever I hear anyone criticize the fact that there are Baby Naming Services in Japan, I will show them this video.

This was an excellent video. I've been scratching my head about Japanese name pronunciations and how they are written for a long time and your video gave me some much needed clarity.

I rarely use my christening name Miriam on any documents. My actual name is Farah (Arabic for Happy ) but that's how it's written in English and there are no As in my actual name in Arabic, so people call me Farrah (rhymes with Sarah). In Iraq, it was considered an unusual name and a bit too colorful for a girl there. Thankfully, the former Empress of Iran was Farah, so the name became popular in 70s and 80s. I've always been a smiling kind of person, which probably caused some issues for me when I was in public places in the middle east, until I get asked about my name, and their reaction would be "oh, I see, you're happy because your name is happy!" Weird eh ?

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

People actually go by their christening name?

@miriammanolov9135

2 жыл бұрын

@@rachelcookie321 Rarely. Never use it on legal documents. Just among friends and social media. Nothing official.

Years ago, a couple I was friends with were having their first baby. They were so excited. They good-naturedly invited their friends to suggest name ideas. The husband is Japanese, and their last name is Wada. They got all sorts of silly name suggestions, but my favorite was “Perrier” (with room for a little brother, Evian).

2:51 can't stop repeat this part😂😂😂

I have a common name, so I'm generally in favor of unique names. But naming children after fictional characters like Luffy or Pikachu seems like a curse on the child.

@SnowxXxAngel

2 жыл бұрын

Some fictional names for sure, like Luffy or Pikachu (or Sephiroth for another example)... but there are many fictional names that work well or also exist irl, like Ace. Ace is a One Piece character, but the name has a real world meaning and sounds cool. Ash is another fictional name (from pokemon English dub) which has a real world reason for existing, the ash tree. You say your name is Ash and people are probably going to think about the tree first and the pokemon trainer second.

@SoramimiKeiki

2 жыл бұрын

@@SnowxXxAngel When hearing Ash, I would think of the pokemon trainer first and then of ashes. Sorry, but horrible name. Giving that to your child is just asking for it to get bullied.

Great video. Names are an interesting topic. I remember I read or heard somewhere that Japanese parents sometimes choose baby names by considering the number of strokes in the kanji of the family name and then choosing kanji for the baby with a number of strokes that fits appropriately with the surname. I always wanted to learn more about that if it's really true.

In Hebrew, we have a sort of an urban legend of the worst Kirakira name in the Hebrew language, of a girl called "אוחזת ענף עץ השקד" (ohezet anaf etz hashaked) which literally means "(a girl who is) holding a branch of the almond tree". It's actually unknown if anyone ever had that name, but it's the first thing I thought of haha

I didn't know there were names like that in Japan 😭 There is a Leia and Daenerys (everyone, including her parents, calls her Dani) at the daycare I work at. I think pop culture names are very popular in the US. Also, this is a little different, but my friend's brother is named Natsuki, and I've heard that while it's unisex, it's a more feminine name (she calls him Nacchan lol). I personally like the name Natsuki for boys, I think it's cute. My name is Hana but in kanji it's 英奈, and my mom told me people will probably assume it's read Eina/Ena. Don't know why my parents chose to name me that way, but the first kanji matches my younger brother's name, 英治 (Eiji). Someday I'll ask them and I'll edit this comment if it doesn't get buried.

@user-fb2tt3bg2y

2 жыл бұрын

So in Japan (and this occurs in China and Korea too), first names can have a generational component. It's usually the first kanji, but sometimes the second/last one too. My great-grandmother's generation (in the family tree, not the generation as in millennial, gen z, etc) has ori 織 'to weave' in their name. Kaori, Iori, Shiori, Miori, etc. Her brother, for example, was named 詩織 Shiori, which means to weave poetry. Sometimes, it may be used only for one gender (only girls) or positon (only firstborn sons) or whatever, but it's a common theme. Your parents probably wanted your names to match, which is quite cute. Also, she's right, I'd read that as Eina or Ena (or even Aina), definitely not Hana lol. It's very pretty though, and the meaning of the kanji is well thought out. I wouldn't call it kira-kira though, just a bit more unique than usual.

@Hana-yu1fj

2 жыл бұрын

@@user-fb2tt3bg2y thank you so much!! That's so very kind of you, I think I appreciate my name a little more now. I'm kind of glad I didn't grow up in Japan and didn't have to correct people reading it, although in the US it often gets misspelled/mispronounced haha and thank you for the wonderful explanation, that's super interesting! I'd like to look into my family and see if there's anything like that.

You are so hilarious, I spent my night to watch the whole videos of this channel til the morning. Literally.

Another fab vid always makes me smile thank you 😊

The weirdest names I’ve heard in the US are anime character names like naruto and goku lol. Another weird one is Nevaeh, which is Heaven spelled backwards.

@agamaz5650

2 жыл бұрын

Naomi is - I moan 🤣

@PhuzBee

2 жыл бұрын

My best friend from school named her daughter Neveah. cringe. 🤦🏼‍♀️

In my country the parents usually decide whatever they want fir the baby's name. We got 3 names - personal, father's & family name. I personally hate my personal name because my mom had exactly no say about it & my dad decided it on his own, naming me after his own mother & a random friend's first letter. It's a name that barely anywhere means something. I don't want to change it so I just present myself with nickname I made for myself >.

@mandeep3.14

2 жыл бұрын

Damn, sorry to hear that dude

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

What do you mean father’s name? Like your middle name is your father’s first name?

So thoughtful of you, George 😭😭

My mom almost named me Persephone which means "bringer of destruction" and in Greek mythology she's the wife of Hades, and the goddess of spring and rebirth. I'm actually not destructive. Though if you ask a couple of family members, they'll disagree. The other one she almost named me was Xena which means "dark foreigner." I probably would've been laughed at because of the popular 90s tv show Xena: Warrior Princess and I was an introvert growing up.

I live in the USA and, to most people, my name is normal: Danielle. it's when people first see me/read my name that they get confused. I'm Filipino so my last name is very Spanish (let's give you Ramirez as an example) so they think my name is actually "Daniella" or start calling me "Daniella." In Tagalog (language of the Philippines), "Daniel" (the male version) sounds like "Danielle" with an American accent. so, it's kind of like being called "Daniel" by people from the Philippines or being mistaken for "Daniella" 🤷‍♀

In my English family we often reuse family first names in memory of that relative. My name includes Evelyn which was also the middle name of my mother and her mother before her. I have named my children with middle names from our family tree also.

This was one interesting😃👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. You have a great channel!

You seriously are gorgeous, humourous, enlightening and entertaining. Names in Australia are always shortened and blokes are often named after a trait, red hair - called 'Bluey' - tall guy called ' Shorty" tall skinny 'Stick' - last names are butchered as well.

That Pokémon joke was so funny 🤣🤣🤣🤣 As a Swede we have boring names like Anna, Maria, Alexandra, Johanna, Jonna (girl names) and for boys it can be Martin, Lars, Johan, Alexander, Mathias. I really don't like Swedish names so I'm very happy that I don't have one 😅 My first name is Nathaline and its very similar to Nathalie which is a very common girl name here in Sweden. But my mom wanted something different so instead of pronouncing my name Natalee, you say Natalynn or Natalinn (Linn i also a common Swedish name for girls) as we would say in Swedish. I´m one of 7 people in all of Sweden that has my name or at least this spelling. My last name is Barrett so that´s not Swedish. A very common last name in Sweden would be Karlsson, Larsson, Gustavsson, Andersson. It literally means Karls son, Lars son, Gustavs son and Anders son. There are several hundred of thousands of people that has these last names 😅

I feel guilty about it, but I actually laughed out loud at star/hoshi being read as Apple.

That Raichu bit had me dead! If you took ANY longer to deliver it. I would of saw it coming. Your comedic timing is great bro.

I'm glad George posted this in the middle of my experimenting with Kanji characters for making names. Now I have a heads up

In America it's almost like a competition for some to see who can come up with the most outlandish, ridiculous name they can think of! Drugs have got to be a factor sometimes!

@ladysilverwynde

2 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for someone to name their kid "Paxil" or the like. Because everything else has been taken.

He’s back yahhhhhh

Your humor is my kind of humor, 10/10 I love the explanation alongside your monotone expression xD

So glad to see your upload, 0:48!

Well, I'll speak on my name. My name, "Melissa" is actually Greek. It means "honeybee or sweet as honey", the name is the nymph who was thought to be the first beekeeper and she fed the baby Zeus honey. I actually love it, my middle name comes from having two aunts named Sue and Ann so I love that as well. I also live in the Southern U.S.A. and it is very common here to have one of those names for girls. Melissa Sue just has a good flow here. I loved how George-san said his middle name, I have to admit that I've never seen anyone say it like that... A common name that just doesn't work for me is "Bubba". Some boys/men have it as a first name but it's more often a nickname. Yes, I do know several Bubbas...

@rachelcookie321

2 жыл бұрын

I have never heard the name Bubba before. It sounds like a nickname a kid would call their grandad lol.

@tammystockley-loughlin7680

2 жыл бұрын

Used to play dominoes in SW Oklahoma with a Bubba...his woman was Pookie...yes nicknames, but everyone knew them. Positive vibes from New Hampshire, remember to be kind to each other and yourself during this pandemic and social crisis

@melissalong8491

2 жыл бұрын

@@tammystockley-loughlin7680 You're right! I've heard of women being called Pookie here in Florida too! Hope you are having a wonderful day and thank you so much for your positive vibes, we all could use them - every day (IMO).

I think the coolest unusual first name I’ve seen is Ocean. It should be a word that is already known and spelled correctly to avoid confusion.

THAT LUFFY SCENE WITH ITALIAN AUDIO BROUGHT ME BACK OML

I love the edit😂

I have a question though, how do Japanese people know which reading to use? For example if you put 2 kanjis together that each have multiple readings, how do you know which reading to use? Do you just have to memorize it?

@YEBISU38

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, we just have to memorize. And there can be more than one reading and meaning as 2 kanjis or more together.

When we say the word "character" in the US, there's stress on the first syllable: CHAracter. It threw me off hearing chaRACter so much. Otherwise of course I love all of your videos. You're hilarious and fun to watch.

You are adorable , George! Nice video!

thank you george you make me laughing again well i having bad day lately this video make me really cheer up :))

Having your name mean "lion" is not bad. The Czech name, Lev for example means lion and it's supposed to represent strength and power. From my experience watching the people around me have kids, people either comb through a baby names book or they name their kid after a favorite family member or a deceased family member to honor their memory. Or some go the celebrity route and choose...unique names like Apple, Pilot, North; *or* they name their kid after a movie or TV character. Whatever floats their boat but parents should be mindful so as to not incur bullying and harassment from the kid's peers.

There used to be a lady who came into a store I worked at who named her daughter Pixie….it would probably be cute until she hit about 4

4:36 this bit cracked me up so hard, keep it up GEORGE!

Very interesting. Thanks bro.

I’ve met many Japanese people with kirakira names in Japan. The ones I remember are Cosmos (宇宙), Luke (琉空) and Ageha (揚羽).

I've found that a lot of names given to people 10 years my junior are very odd. Sometimes they don't even feel like their names are names. But that's just my opinion. On the other hand you can change your name as many times as you want where I live. And I've been wondering about how names work in japan for quite some time now so thank you for explaining!

That Raichu joke landed so well i cried a little

In the US in 2013, 9 children born were named Cheese. Yes, Cheese, like the dairy product. I can't imagine...

Here in India, most names have meanings. My name was taken from Sushruta, the famous plastic surgeon, and was changed to Shushruth. Not a very weird name but means nothing. Yay, breaking stereotypes, at least in my country where names ought to have a meaning.

My kids' names are Oscar and Ben. Neither of these are unique names but unique names are common in the US. I was definitely disappointed to not be able to name a baby girl though. Girl names are so much prettier. I actually really like the name that translated into Prince! Poor kid.

@YEBISU38

2 жыл бұрын

If it's just "prince = 王子 (ouji)," maybe it's not that bad even in Japanese. But "様 (sama)" is an honorific suffix, so it's really bad. And he'll be addressed as "王子様様" with an actual honoriffic suffix.

@fluffdragonpurrsonal6287

2 жыл бұрын

@@YEBISU38 Yeah, unfortunately it would be like calling your kid "MisterPrince" or "LordPrince" so when being addressed they'd be "Mr. MisterPrince" or "Mr. LordPrince", which would be really weird. And it would make them sound really arrogant even if they're not, so I understand why he changed it. I don't know how bad "Ouji" is, but probably way less bad-sounding than "Oujisama".

@ratlinggull2223

2 жыл бұрын

@@YEBISU38 No. Japanese people often address each other with family names, unless you're intimate friends which means you'll never be saying sama anyway.

@YEBISU38

2 жыл бұрын

@@ratlinggull2223 I'm Japanese, and when we write a letter or send something to someone, we always add "sama" to the end of the addressee's full name. And we are called by "full name + sama" often when someone need to check if they get our name right.

@ratlinggull2223

2 жыл бұрын

@@YEBISU38 I see. Perhaps I've not been paying attention to those scenarios. You would be right.

I love the way you say “characters”. Interesting thank you very much.

your sense of humour took me off guard. Defnitely my type XD

I haven't really heard any Kirakira names here in Finland, but we do have a name that we joke about; Unelma Sirpa-Leena. The 3 words are all female names, yes, but arranged like that, the meaning is "Shattered dream" so we joke that only a person who REALLY didn't want the child, named her that.

In Turkey it’s pretty common to name kids after symbols, ideas, etc. for example “rain” “water” “storm” “silk” “peace” “strength” or any flower you can think of. It’s traditional enough to name that way so it doesn’t end up strange when you call people a name that’s also a word, but sometimes strange names can pop up depending on the parent and what they chose as a symbol 😂

@Enjyu_666

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that's how some parents choose their children's names, but now that I read your comment it all makes sense 😊 i.e I have a friend of Turkish decent whose name is derived from the word for "republic" (which I think is pretty cool) but I also know people called "pretty", "life", "prose" which really sound like just names to me unless they tell me the meaning or I google translate it

I laughed so hard at this video 😂 Otsukaresama George-San!

When I was younger I hated my first name (Chrystalina) because it was different, but now that's the exact reason why I love it.