Behind the Name: Comments for the name Amaterasu

Comments for AMATERASU:

Pronounced Ah-mah-teh-lah-soo, or a-ma-te-ra-tsoo. (possibly ah-mah-tehr-AH-soo).

-- Rosethorn08 2/21/2006

It's pronounced AH-mah-te-rah-soo.

-- Anonymous User 11/21/2006

I love this name! It's wonderful!

-- honungspinglan 1/7/2007

Japan does not have a royal family. It has an IMPERIAL family.

-- ArthurDent84 6/18/2007

Riminds me of tiramisu. Sorry.

-- Katja Eidis 4/11/2008

In Naruto Shippuden one of Itachi's jutsu is called Amaterasu and is supposed to be black inextinguishable flames.

-- sailormars 6/14/2010

A lot of Japanese names have great, interesting meanings and this name is one of those names. I really do like the meaning and yes, the sound of this name. It even makes a good vampire name, let's say for a nice vampire, as it partly looks kind of like "Nosferatu".

-- Anonymous User 10/12/2010

I absolutely adore this name. I would use it in a heartbeat if it weren't so out of the ordinary... and I don't want any children. Still, I love this name to bits.

-- Book_Reader22 1/25/2011

The "u" at the end of Amaterasu is actually silent.

-- AnneBeeche 1/26/2011

Until after WW2 ended, people STILL thought the Emperors descended from her. SRSLY. (Sorry for netspeak, but that was the exact phrase).

-- JapanYoshiTheGamer 11/15/2011

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