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(Main) gender: Male, can be female as well
Pronunciation: tah-tsuu–mʸee [tà.tsɨ́ᵝ.mʲí]
Etymology and/or ways to write:
This name is mainly used as 巽 or its derivation 辰巳, referring to the south-east direction as it is in the middle of these two zodiac signs, the dragon and the rat, which have bearings of 120° and 150° respectively.
Other kanji that can be used for this name include:
| tatsu (たつ) | mi (み) |
| 龍/竜 “dragon” | 美 “beauty” |
| 達 “reach, arrive, attain” | 未 sign of the Sheep; part of 未来 (mirai) “future” |
| 建 “build, erect” | 実 “seed; fruit” |
| 樹 “tree” | 海 “sea, ocean” |
| 立 “stand, rise” | 弥 “increase” |
| 起 “rise” | 己 6th heavenly stem in Chinese calendar |
| 見 “looking, viewing” | |
| 三 “three” | |
| 望 “desire, wish, hope” | |
| 水 “water” | |
| 身 “body, oneself” |
Popularity:
Usage for this name is moderate to fairly common among older generations (mainly men) – over 0.07% of men who have this name are recorded in telephone book data.
Regarding Heisei period (1989-2019) popularity, usage for that period is uncommon. In 1990, it was given to 0.021% of boys and 0.003% of girls. The percentage for girls never went above 0.005%, though it rose slightly for boys at 0.04% in 1996, peaking at around 0.087% before dropping to around 0.022% in 2007.
The 2000 peak owes to the fact that 2000, for the most part, was the Year of the Dragon, which saw other names containing 龍/竜 or 辰 rise in that year and then drop the following year, mainly below where they ranked in the year before the Year of the Dragon.
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