名前

Japanese

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

Alternative spelling
名まえ (less common)

Etymology

Derived from 名 (na, “name”) +‎ 前 (-mae, front).^[1]^[2]^[3] Compare the semantics of Latin praenomen.

Appears as a term only in the last few centuries, becoming more widely used during the Meiji period.^[1] Similarity to English name and other Indo-European words derived from *h₁nómn̥ is coincidental.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) なまえ [nàmáé] (Heiban – [0])^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]
IPA^(key): [na̠ma̠e̞]
Audio: (file)

Noun

名(な)前(まえ) • (namae) ^{←なまへ (namafe)^?}

a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing)
- 2008 August 16, Gosho Aoyama, “ＦＩＬＥ(ファイル).5(ご)　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?
- 2013 April 7 [2012 December 9], ONE with Murata, Yusuke, “15(じゅうご)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], 6th edition, volume 2 (fiction), 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?
(more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)

Derived terms

名(な)前(まえ)解(かい)決(けつ) (namae kaiketsu)
名(な)前(まえ)看(かん)板(ばん) (namae kanban)
名(な)前(まえ)人(にん) (namaenin)
名(な)前(まえ)負(ま)け (namaemake)
取(と)り子(ご)名(な)前(まえ) (torigo namae)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 “名前”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

Okinawan

Kanji in this term
名	前
なー > な Grade: 1	めー Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Cognate with Japanese 名前 (namae, “name”).

Can be analyzable as derived from 名 (nā, “name”) +‎ 前 (-mē, suffix describing a person to emphasize a quality or feature).

Pronunciation

(Shuri-Naha) なめー [námèè] (Heiban - [0])^[1]
IPA^(key): [nameː]

Noun

名(な)前(めー) (namē)

a name (word or phrase indicating a particular person, place, class, or thing)
(more specifically) a given name (excluding the surname)

References

^ “ナメー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

[NKD-1] 1.0 ^1.1 “名前”, in 日本国語大辞典 [Nihon Kokugo Daijiten]‎^[1] (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006

[DJS-2] Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-4] Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-5] NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

[JEL-6] Takebayashi, Shigeru (1993) The Kenkyusha Japanese-English Learner's Pocket Dictionary, Tōkyō: Kenkyūsha, →ISBN.

[7] “ナメー” in Okinawa Center of Language Study, Shuri-Naha Dialect Dictionary (archived; reopens 2024).

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名前

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