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What wear some popular Japanese names for girls back in ancient Japan ?

• I was wondering what wear some popular Japanese names for girls back in ancient Japan? Also what are some popular female names for Japanese women today

• Answer:

  There's an article on trends in Japanese names that you should probably read to get a feel for how names have changed in modern times: http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa050601a.htm In terms of ancient Japanese names...it's actually pretty difficult to source "popular" female names from truly ancient Japan. "Most of the “names” of women known in early Japan are not the actual names of the women in question. Sei Shônagon, for example, the author of Makura no Sôshi (The Pillow Book) and other writings, is known by the Chinese pronunciation of the first kanji in her family’s name (Kiyowara) and a court-title sobriquet. Likewise, the true name of Murasaki Shikibu, author of the Tale of Genji, is unknown. The latter seems to have been called Tô no Shikibu in earlier sources; the “Tô” is the first character from the name “Fujiwara,” into a cadet branch of which she had been born; the “Shikibu” comes from the title of an office held by her father and brother; the “Murasaki” was a nickname given her owing to the lead female character in her book, Genji Monogatari (The Tale of Genji)." --http://www.sengokudaimyo.com/miscellany/names.html