Favourite Japanese Surnames

[Miyavifan]

Terachi and Hayashi, pretty much for the same reasons as Taln.

[Asakura]

I like Takayanagi or Ise

[Oni]

I've always liked Yamamoto and Iishi

[sweetlolitachii]

What's a surname?

[Nyororin]

I`ve always been partial to 勅使河原 (because it`s one of those few 4 character family names) and 志賀 for various reasons.

Our family name is 矢部 - I`m sort of indifferent to it. It irritates the crap out of me to have to clarify how to say it when we`re out of Japan. Everyone tries to read it as one syllable with a long A. Argh.

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

Our family name is 矢部 - I`m sort of indifferent to it. It irritates the crap out of me to have to clarify how to say it when we`re out of Japan. Everyone tries to read it as one syllable with a long A. Argh.

I laughed out loud when I read that. So they read it to rhyme with 'babe', yeh?

I once had a deep Southerner read my full name in romaji, and man, he read all the 7 vowels wrong....and looong!

[blimp]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

I`ve always been partial to 勅使河原 (because it`s one of those few 4 character family names) and 志賀 for various reasons.

Our family name is 矢部 - I`m sort of indifferent to it. It irritates the crap out of me to have to clarify how to say it when we`re out of Japan. Everyone tries to read it as one syllable with a long A. Argh.

any relation to 矢部浩之?
not that i have a favourite surname, however i have a friend who's name is 大和.

[SakeSan]

My favorite Japanese surnames would be Harunobu, and Takahasi.
Really nice!^^

[Nyororin]

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee

I laughed out loud when I read that. So they read it to rhyme with 'babe', yeh?

Yes, that is exactly how they read it.
It`s incredibly frustrating. I`ve been asked "Like Abe Lincoln with a Y?" even AFTER clarifying the pronunciation.

*sigh*

Originally Posted by blimp

any relation to 矢部浩之?

Nope - at least not that we know of. Although thanks to him our nicknames are ALWAYS やべっち.

[emiluvsjmusic]

Originally Posted by Nyororin

Nope - at least not that we know of. Although thanks to him our nicknames are ALWAYS やべっち.

lol やべ～　^_^

i like the typical 4 character last names like yamamoto and takahashi