Audio Name Pronunciation
Kengo Kurimoto |
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Kengo Kurimoto: Hi, my name's Kengo Kurimoto. It's a Japanese name, and Kengo actually means "clever", "to be clever," although my dad says it's more like, "thinks he's clever."
My surname means "origin of the chestnut". In the West, surnames tend to come from their trades, like Smith, whereas in Japan, they tend to come from things in nature. So my name, being "origin of the chestnut", is Kurimoto. And then you have other names like Kawamoto, which means "origin of the river".
I like my name. And so far I think I might be the only person to have it.
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