As to Japanese personal names, the following may be interesting, although it is old. Lafcadio Hearn, "Japanese Female Names," in _Shadowings_ in _The Writings of Lafcadio Hearn_vol.X (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1922), 70-109. Regards Hisashi Hisashi MATSUMURA prince at kobe-shinwa.ac.jp