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(Main) gender: Male, can be female as well
Pronunciation: ah-tah–e [à.tá.é̞]
Archaic writing: あたゑ (Atawe), あたへ (Atahe)
Etymology and/or ways to write:
This name is derived from the word 与え (atae) meaning “gift, godsend,” from the continuative form of the verb 与える (ataeru) meaning “to give something, bestow, grant.”
与, along with its old variant 與, can also be combined with an e kanji, such as 恵 meaning “wisdom,” 絵 meaning “picture, drawing” or 愛 meaning “beloved” (this way of writing is, in this case, mainly used on females).
Popularity:
Overall usage for this name is very uncommon to rare with 694 people recorded in telephone book data with the writing 与 (along with 58 with 與). If treated as a masculine name with Atae as its only reading, the overall percentage would be just over 0.0025%.
It was most often used in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with FamilySearch results counting around 27 males and 3 females bearing this name. Regarding Heisei period (1989-2019) usage, the gender split is narrower and percentages max out at 0.001% at any given year for both genders.
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Beyond Sakura and Hiroshi 