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can Joe be a Japanese name too?

by gunblade007

9/21/2009, 9:26 PM

hey everyone,

it's me again. i was wondering if Joe could be a japanese name? i know ken can be a japanese name too. that means ''healthy,strong'' in japanese. i do notice there's alot of japanese names and words that go with Joe. like jo a 4 foot long wooden staff used in some japanese martial arts and the garment worn by shinto priests is called Joe and there's some anime and video games characters with the name Joe. like champion joe and crusher joe and viewtiful joe and katsuya jonouchi (aka joey wheeler) from yu-gi-oh! but i think they don't use the ''E'' on joe so they go by JO. which here in the usa is a female version of Joe. well talk to you later.

sincerely,
-Joe:)

Joe:)

#Japanese

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- cutenose

8/1/2017, 3:59 PM

No, the name Jou is influenced by the name Joe.

You would use Jou instead of Joe because in Japan we would pronounce Jou as jo: and Joe as jo-e

- ICEyun +4

9/22/2009, 2:51 PM

It could be a Japanese name, but it would be pronounced "Jo-eh"

- gunblade007 +3

9/23/2009, 5:08 AM

thanks ICEyun

i know there's different styles of writing beside kanji and they all different meanings i guess it's how you write that gives it that meaning. i want to learn japanese myself. i'm just curious if joe would have any meanings? i know another name that's popular in japan that's also american name and that's sari.

- egyptianpanda +2

9/23/2009, 11:24 AM

Meanings

My kanji dictionary has 34 entries. Some meanings are "to exclude," "to narrate," "slowly," and "equal." I don't know if any of these are actually used for names though.

Hope I helped!
~Ilana~

- gunblade007 +1

9/25/2009, 2:23 AM

thanks egyptianpanda that's good enough for me.

- egyptianpanda

9/25/2009, 12:16 PM

You are very welcome! :)

- gunblade007

9/22/2009, 2:31 PM

thanks helena and pie,
i'm kind of curious if joe has a meaning like ken means ''healthy, strong'' in Japanese

- Helena (mellon.collie)

9/22/2009, 12:36 PM

In Japanese, Joe would be something like jo-ay (meaning you'd pronounce the e). Like Pie has said, to get the sound of Joe it'd be jou/jyou. According to Word, there are at least 38 kanji that can be pronounced jou, including the ones for above and castle.

- Pie

9/22/2009, 8:11 AM

Sort of. As far as I know it's actually more like 'jyou'. The meaning would depend on the kanji (characters) used.

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