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Help[Opinions] Re: This or that (和 - Japanese)?
in reply to a message by m4yb3_daijirou
Oh gosh, somehow I missed that. But some old-fashioned names can be popular too, like Frederick. Has Yamato always been popular or has it experienced a recent resurgence?
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I wouldn't call the popularity of Yamato a "recent resurgence." From what I can determine from various sources, regarding its usage before the end of WWII, it wasn't really a popular name overall in Japan to begin with. It's worth noting though that a majority of people named 'Yamato' in the Japan passenger lists on FamilySearch came from Okinawa Prefecture (12 out of 17 records), where it is usually written as 山戸, as opposed to 大和.
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