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(Main) gender: Male
Pronunciation: tah-te-wah-kʸee [tà.té̞.ɰà.kʲì]
Etymology and/or ways to write:
This name is written as 帯刀, used as a hyakkanna, a court rank-style name that samurai used to announce oneself and give himself authority. In this case, it is taken from the title 帯刀舎人 (Tachihaki no toneri), referring to the guardians of the Crown Prince as designated by the Ritsuryō system.
As can be noted here, the current reading of Tatewaki is a sound shift from Tachihaki, a combination of 太刀 (tachi), referring to a type of long sword, and the continuative form of the verb 帯く (haku) meaning “to affix (a sword to one’s hip).”
Popularity:
Regarding post-Edo period (1603-1868) usage of this name, it is very rare with 61 people recorded in telephone book data with this name, putting the calculated percentage at 0.0002%. The overall percentage for the 1990s and 2000s combined is around the same with yearly percentages peaking at around 0.001%.
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