Talk:General Discussion/@comment-139.228.125.101-20150323205427

I was reading a Kancolle article just now and the author made an interesting point: That a name like Kongou isn't one you'd give to a girl. And then I realized that it's not one you'd give a boy either. I was about to comment on the article pointing out that sane Japanese parents would never use any of the battleship names on their kids when I realized that Musashi is a passable (although bombastic now) name for a boy, and that quite a few real-life girls are named Haruna (but usually with different kanji). So that got me to start looking for kanmusu names that would be proper human names, and especially ones you'd name a girl with. So far I've come up with this:

- Proper girl names (although usually not with the same kanji, especially for the mountain and river names): Haruna, Takao, Maya, Shouhou, Chitose, Miyuki, Kisaragi, Satsuki, Uzuki, Yayoi, Kagerou, Isuzu, Yura, Kinu, Myouko, Nachi, Kasumi, Shioi, Tama.

- Proper boy names: Musashi, Fubuki, Hibiki, Oboro, Akebono, Shigure.

A lot of the DDs have girlish-sounding names, but the combination doesn't work for real human names (for example, both Yuki and Shima are normal names, but Yukikaze and Shimakaze aren't). Did I miss anyone? Or did I add names that aren't proper human ones to the list?