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Why am I not finding the first name I'm looking for?Why does the Japanese transcription doesn't sound like my first name? Réponses
Why am I not finding the first name I'm looking for?
The Japanophone contains several thousands of first names. However, new first names or new spellings appear regularly. You can try to find a first name that exists in the lists and has a similar pronunciation.
If you don't, please » write us and ask for a new first name to be added.
Why does the Japanese transcription doesn't sound like my first name?
Due to their phonetics that contains less phonemes as English, Japanese people tend to distort the sounds they listen. Therefore some transcriptions are very different from the original first name, and some aren't.
That said, some first names may have different pronunciations. So if it happens we didn't take into account the pronunciation of your first name, please » Write us and ask us to add it.