Boy or Girl? The Rise of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Japan

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F20%3A73602695" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/20:73602695 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://silvajp.home.amu.edu.pl/Silva%2056575859.pdf" target="_blank" >http://silvajp.home.amu.edu.pl/Silva%2056575859.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/sijp.2020.56-59.2" target="_blank" >10.12775/sijp.2020.56-59.2</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Boy or Girl? The Rise of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Japan
Original language description
One current issue concerning Japanese given names is the increasing number of names lacking gender-distinctive features in their graphic and/or phonological form. Unlike in the past, recently even some of the most popular names are given to both boys and girls. This paper explores this phenomenon in the context of the changes in name selection in the last several decades, analyzing names given to 4,567 boys and 4,806 girls born 2008–2016. Comparing these two name sets from the point of view of their orthography, length, structure, and kanji selection brought forth the main distinctive features between current male and female names. A further analysis revealed some features common to the gender-neutral names, and various aspects related to losing gender distinction. The explanations of the parents’ reasons for selecting the particular name, included in the corpus, provided some insight into why some parents select names that do not indicate the gender of their child.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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