Japanese names are used in Japan and in Japanese communities throughout the world Note that depending on the Japanese characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here See also about Japanese namesName meaning Origin Any African American American Indian AngloSaxon Arabic Armenian Basque Celtic Chechen Chinese Dutch English French Gaelic German Ghanaian Greek Hawaiian Hebrew Hindi Hindu Hungarian Indian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latin Muslim Native American Nigerian Persian Polish Punjabi Russian Sanskrit Scandinavian Scottish Using Japanese Honorific Titles (Eg San, Sama, Kun and Chan) In Japan, most of the time people call each other by their family name rather than their given names A Japanese honorific title is a suffix that goes after the person's name as in "Satou (name) san (honorific)" to raise this person up
Japanese Honorific Titles San Sama Kun And Chan Coto Japanese Academy