Doman/Hingan Name Origins

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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 |

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Female forenames

Name | Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Notes
Ajisai | 紫陽花 | jukujikun | hydrangea |
Anzu | 杏 | kun'yomi | apricot |
Aoi | 葵 | kun'yomi | hollyhock | can also be a male forename or a surname, in use since the 11th century
Atori | 花鶏 | irregular + kun'yomi | brambling |
Ayame | 菖蒲 | jukujikun | iris |
Azami | 薊 | kun'yomi | thistle |
Botan | 牡丹 | on'yomi | peony |
Chidori | 千鳥 | kun'yomi | thousand birds, plover |
Enrei | 塩嶺 | on'yomi | salt peak |
Hazakura | 葉桜 | kun'yomi | sakura in leaf |
Hibari | 雲雀 | jukujikun | lark |
Hinageshi | 雛罌粟 | kun'yomi + jukujikun | common poppy |
Hisui | 翡翠 | on'yomi | jade |
Ibara | 茨 | kun'yomi | briar, bramble |
Ibuki | 伊吹 | on + kun'yomi | Chinese juniper | can also be a male forename or a surname
Isuka | 交喙 | jukujikun | red crossbill |
Izayoi | 十六夜 | jukujikun | sixteenth night, night after the full moon |
Kaede | 楓 | kun'yomi | maple |
Kagetsu | 花月 | on'yomi | flower moon |
Kasumi | 霞 | kun'yomi | mist |
Kikusui | 菊水 | on'yomi | crysanthenum water |
Kikyo | 桔梗 | kun + on'yomi | Chinese bellflower |
Koharu | 小春 | kun'yomi | small spring, Indian summer |
Komachi | 小町 | kun'yomi | small town, beautiful woman |
Koruri | 小瑠璃 | kun + on'yomi | small lapis lazuli, Siberian blue robin |
Kozakura | 小桜 | kun'yomi | small cherry tree |
Kuina | 水鶏 | jukujikun | water rail |
Kumokiri | 雲切 | kun'yomi | cloud cutter, orchid |
Kurenai | 紅 | kun'yomi | crimson, safflower |
Mahiwa | 真鶸 | kun'yomi | Eurasian siskin |
Makoto | 真 | kun'yomi | truth | can also be a male forename
Mana | 愛 | kun'yomi | love |
Manazuru | 真鶴 | nanori + kun'yomi | true crane |
Mikoto | 命 | kun'yomi | life |
Mitsuba | 三つ葉 | kun'yomi | three leaves, Japanese wild parsley |
Mizuki | 水木 | kun'yomi | water tree |
Mozu | 百舌 | jukujikun | shrike, hundred tongues |
Natsume | 棗 | kun'yomi | jujube | can also be a surname
Sayo | 小夜 | kun'yomi | small night |
Sazanami | 漣 | kun'yomi | ripple |
Shion | 紫苑 | on'yomi | Tatarian aster |
Sui | 水 | on'yomi | water |
Sumire | 菫 | kun'yomi | violet |
Suzume | 雀 | kun'yomi | sparrow |
Tsubaki | 椿 | kun'yomi | camellia |
Ume | 梅 | kun'yomi | Japanese plum |
Yayoi | 弥生 | kun'yomi | March |
Yotsuyu | 夜露 | kun'yomi | night dew |
Yugiri | 夕霧 | kun'yomi | evening mist |
Yuki | 雪 | kun'yomi | snow |
Zakuro | 石榴 | irregular | pomegranate |

Surnames

Name | Kanji | Reading | Meaning | Notes
Akagane | 赤金 | kun'yomi | red metal, copper |
Aogane | 青金 | kun'yomi | blue metal, lazurite |
Buhen | 武辺 | on'yomi | military place, fight valiantly in battle |
Daisho | 大小 | on'yomi | daisho swords (katana + wakizashi) |
Daito | 大刀 | on'yomi | long sword, katana |
Gunji | 軍侍 | on'yomi | army samurai |
Hagane | 刃金 | kun'yomi | blade metal, steel |
Kabuto | 兜 | kun'yomi | helmet |
Kasanui | 笠縫 | kun'yomi + nanori | umbrella weaver | used by makers of umbrellas
Kiba | 黄葉 | kun'yomi | yellow leaf |
Kogane | 黄金 | kun'yomi | yellow metal, gold |
Kurogane | 黒金 | kun'yomi | black metal, iron |
Kusushi | 薬師 | kun + on'yomi | medicine master, physician, doctor |
Matsuba | 松葉 | kun'yomi | pine needle |
Motokawa | 原皮 | kun'yomi | original skin | used by hunters and tanners |
Naeuri | 苗売 | kun'yomi | seedling seller | used by farmers and sellers of seedlings
Nagae | 長江 | on'yomi | long river |
Nushiya | 塗師屋 | kun + on + kun'yomi | paint master store | used by lacquer painters and sellers of lacquered goods
Obinata | 帯刀 | kun'yomi | blades on waist |
Onishi | 大西 | kun'yomi | great west |
Shirogane | 白金 | kun'yomi | white metal, silver |
Shisui | 紫水 | on'yomi | violet water | exclusive to the Ruby Princess
Sui | 水 | on'yomi | water | borne by citizens of Sui-no-Sato
Torioi | 鳥追 | kun'yomi | bird chaser | used by farmers and hunters
Tsurugi | 剣 | kun'yomi | blade |
Tsuwamono | 兵 | kun'yomi | soldier, weapon |
Yatsurugi | 八剣 | kun'yomi | eight blades |
Yuzuka | 弓束 | kun'yomi | bow bundle, quiver |

This is not a complete list. I will add more to it later. Feel free to suggest additions if you find anything.