Doman/Hingan Name Origins
A little while ago I had an idea to compile a list of Japanese names used in Doma and Hingashi (as well as surrounding regions like the Ruby Sea) as well as some information about them in order to identify any patterns in the kinds of names used. These names come from both the Raen name generator and NPCs from the game. The purpose of this is to help anyone who wants to create a character from these regions and wants to give them a name that's as lore-accurate as possible, but who feels lost even with the explanation of the naming conventions given by the devs.
Disclaimer: I am not a fluent or even conversational speaker of Japanese. I mainly used Wikipedia and Wiktionary to gather the information I needed for this. It's possible that not all of this is 100% correct.
Male forenames
Name | Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Notes
Akagi | 赤木 | kun'yomi | red tree | can also be a surname
Asahi | 朝日 | kun'yomi | morning sun | can also be a female forename or a surname, in use since the 17th century at the latest
Fugetsu | 風月 | on'yomi | wind moon |
Genbu | 玄武 | on'yomi | black tortoise | name of one of the Four Symbols
Gyosei | 暁星 | on'yomi | dawn star |
Hayabusa | 隼 | kun'yomi | falcon |
Hien | 飛燕 | on'yomi | flying swallow |
Hozan | 宝山 | on'yomi | treasure mountain | can also be a surname
Ichian | 一案 | on'yomi | idea, plan |
Isse | 一畝 | nanori + kun'yomi | distance measuring about 30 steps |
Kagero | 陽炎 | jukujikun | heat haze |
Kagetora | 景虎 | kun'yomi | bright tiger | in use since the 16th century
Kaien | 海燕 | on'yomi | sea swallow, storm petrel |
Kansui | 鹹水 | on'yomi | saltwater |
Kasasagi | 鵲 | kun'yomi | Eurasian magpie |
Kazan | 火山 | on'yomi | volcano |
Murakumo | 叢雲 | kun'yomi | gathering clouds |
Nawashiro | 苗代 | kun'yomi | rice nursery bed | can also be a surname
Raiden | 雷電 | on'yomi | thunder and lightning | name of the Shinto god of lightning
Ryosen | 霊山 | on'yomi | spirit mountain |
Sentei | 船艇 | on'yomi | ship + boat |
Shiosai | 潮騒 | kun'yomi + irregular | sound of waves |
Shiranami | 白波 | kun'yomi | whitecaps |
Subaru | 昴 | kun'yomi | the Pleiades |
Tansui | 淡水 | on'yomi | freshwater |
Tsukikage | 月影 | kun'yomi | moonlight |
Ugetsu | 雨月 | on'yomi | rain moon |
Unzan | 雲山 | on'yomi | cloud mountain |
Yabusame | 藪雨 | kun'yomi + nanori | bush rain, Asian stubtail |
Yusui | 湧水 | on'yomi | water springing up from below |