Japanese Female Names 117 



Tetstt . . ("Iron") 4 



Toku . . ("Virtue") 2 



Tome . . ("Stop," cease) 1 1 



Tomi . . ("Riches") 3 



T&mijff . . (" Wealth-and-Longevity") .... 1 



Tomo . . (" The Friend ") 4 



Torn. . . ("Tiger") 1 



Tosbi . . ("Arrowhead") 1 



Tqyo . . . ("Abundance") 3 



Tsugi . . (" Next," i. e., second in order of 



birth) 2 



Tsuna . . (" Bond," rope, or fetter) .... 1 



Tsune . . (" The Constant," or, as we should 



say, Constance) 10 



Tsuru . . ("Stork") 4 



Ume . . . ("Plum-blossom") 1 



UmegaV . . (" Plumtree-spray " ) 1 



Umeno . . (" Plumtree-field ") 2 



Urano . . ("Shore-field") 1 



Usbi . . . ("Cow," -or Ox) 2 1 



Ufa . . . ("Poem," or Song) 1 



Wakana, . (" Young Na," probably the rape- 

 plant is referred to) 1 



Yea . . . ("Eight-fold") 1 



Yasu. . . ("The Tranquil") 1 



1 Such a name may signify that the parents resolved, after the birth 

 of the girl, to have no more children. 



2 This extraordinary name is probably to be explained as a refer 

 ence to date of birth. According to the old Chinese astrology, years, 

 months, days, and hours were all named after the Signs of the Zodiac, 

 and were supposed to have some mystic relation to those signs. I sur 

 mise that Miss Ushi was born at the Hour of the Ox, on the Day of the 

 Ox, in the Month of the Ox and the Year of the Ox " Usbi no Totbi 

 no Usbi no Tsuki no Usbi no Hi no Ushi no Koku." 



