名前

Japanese

Kanji in this term
名	前
な Grade: 1	まえ Grade: 2
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

名まえ

Etymology

Compound of 名 (na, “name”) +‎ 前 (mae, used as a suffix in words describing a person to emphasize a quality or feature).[1][2][3]

Appears as a term only in the last couple centuries, becoming more widely used during the Meiji period (starting 1868).

Pronunciation

Kun’yomi
- (Tokyo) なまえ [nàmáé] (Heiban – [0])[4][2][5]
- IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠e̞]

Noun

名前 (hiragana なまえ, rōmaji namae, historical hiragana なまへ)

a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class or thing)
- 2013 April 7 [Dec 9 2012], ONE; Murata, Yusuke, “15撃げき目め　趣しゅ味みと仕し事ごと [15th Hit: A Hobby, or a Job?]”, in ONEPUNCH-MAN【ワンパンマン】 [ONE-PUNCH MAN], volume 2 (fiction), 6th edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, page 178:
  
  音 (おん)速 (そく)のソニック？誰 (だれ)ですか？その頭 (ず)痛 (つう)が痛 (いた)いみたいな名 (な)前 (まえ)の人 (じん)物 (ぶつ)は？
  Onsoku no Sonikku? Dare desu ka? Sono zutsū ga itai mitai na namae no jinbutsu wa?
  Sonic the Sound Speed? Who’s that? Is he giving you a headache with that redundant name?
- 2008 August 16, Aoyama, Gosho, “ＦＩＬＥファイル.5　憎ぞう悪おの村むら [FILE.5 Village of Hatred]”, in 名めい探たん偵ていコナン [Legendary Detective Conan], volume 61 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN:
  
  新 (しん)一 (いち)〰‼ちょ、なんで⁉どうして新 (しん)一 (いち)が…
  Shin'ichi~‼ Cho, nande⁉ Dōshite Shin'ichi ga…
  Shin’ichi〰‼ Wait, why… Shin’ichi, why are you…
  ………新 (しん)一 (いち)…それが僕 (ぼく)の名 (な)前 (まえ)ですか？
  ……… Shin'ichi… Sore ga boku no namae desu ka?
  ……… Shin’ichi… Is that my name?
(more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)

See also

名 (な) (na, “a name, a title (as of a book or other work)”)
名 (みょう)字 (じ), 苗 (みょう)字 (じ) (myōji, “a surname”)
姓 (せい)名 (めい) (seimei, “a full name”)
氏 (し)名 (めい) (shimei, “a full name”)
名 (めい)称 (しょう) (meishō, “a name, an appellation, what something or someone is called”)

References

1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Further reading

名前 entry at Gogen Allguide (in Japanese)

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