Gender-Neutral Names in the Youngest Japanese Generation: Characteristics of Their Phonological and Graphic Forms

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15210%2F25%3A73631156" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15210/25:73631156 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/SS-2024-0017" target="_blank" >https://utppublishing.com/doi/10.3138/SS-2024-0017</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/SS-2024-0017" target="_blank" >10.3138/SS-2024-0017</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Gender-Neutral Names in the Youngest Japanese Generation: Characteristics of Their Phonological and Graphic Forms
Original language description
Gender-neutral names have received increasing attention in recent Japanese public discourse regarding names and naming practices. Names referred to as gender-neutral (chūseiteki or jendāresu in Japanese) are commonly considered to be names that can be given to both boys and girls, and their gender-neutral character is discussed explicitly in relation to the phonological and/or graphic form of the name. Although gender-neutral names represent a minority compared to gender-specific names, they are clearly growing in popularity. This study explores gender-neutral names in contemporary Japanese naming practices, their linguistic characteristics, and the mechanisms behind their evolution. The analysis is based on 39 phonological and 57 graphic forms classified as gender-neutral among 256 distinct phonological and 333 distinct graphic forms of names given to children of both sexes. These names were identified from a dataset of 15,058 names collected from the parenting website Baby Calendar between 2008 and 2022. The study also highlights the specifics of gender-neutral naming in Japan that are related to the use of kanji, allowing for names to be gender-neutral only in their phonological or graphic form.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60202 - Specific languages

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-08916S" target="_blank" >GA22-08916S: Names and Gender: The Growing Trend of Non-Gender-Specific Names in Contemporary Japan</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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