Inspired by a similar post in r/learnchinese; which names invoke a certain stereotype?

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1. Remembered this post: [https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/oz1zrz/are_there_any_japanese_names_that_have_a/](https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/oz1zrz/are_there_any_japanese_names_that_have_a/)

2. Yamato Nadeshiko is the Japanesiest Japanesy woman. Probably the easiest analog is an English Rose.

   Nade, nade is also the word for petting your cat, for what it is worth．

3. This is an old example, but there was a former prime minister of Japan whose real name was Yamamoto Gonbee 権兵衛 but he preferred to use the ridiculously convoluted reading of “Gonnohyōe” to sound cooler because “Gonbee” was a common name among the lower classes, to the point where it’s found in a phrase meaning essentially “John Doe,” https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/名無しの権兵衛

4. Any name with “tsugu” (no matter the kanji) feels a bit old-fashioned to me, like that of voice actor Matsuoka Yoshitsugu (松岡禎丞).

   Also, I feel the names Souta and Shouta are typical Japanese little boy names in the sense that Jayden and Jackson are typical American little boy names. (This might be a generational thing because I was just reminded of WandaVision,>! where Wanda named her twin sons Billy and Tommy because they were very “American” names, but I think they’re skewed in the sense that Wanda used to watch sitcoms dating as far back as the 1960s’ Dick Van Dyke Show.!<)

   But as far as names that evoke stereotypes, I don’t think there are any in Japanese culture.

   P.S. If you want me to talk about names in general, I’d be more than happy to, because names and name meanings are some of my special interests.

5. The Incan emperor Manco Capac will get a big laugh.

6. Hitomi.

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   You know why