98516
In a recent _Asahi_ article about changes to laws governing Japanese names,
this sentence appeared:

戦争【せんそう】に突入【とつにゅう】すると、「勝【?】」「進【?】」

_When the war broke out, "?" and "?" were used._

<https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQD955GDQD3UTIL01T.html?iref=comtop_ThemeLeftS_03>

Other names listed in the article are

「千代」

「久」

「寿」

「愛」

「結」

「麻」

「葵」

「萌」

Unfortunately, none of these names appear with their readings, and the entry
for just the first name on jisho.org is quite long:

<https://jisho.org/search/%22%E5%8D%83%E4%BB%A3%22%20%23names>

How are these names commonly pronounced?
CC BY-SA 4.0
2023-02-06T18:03:57.293
98515
2023-02-07T00:28:47.663
31150
question
readings names multiple-readings
How are these names read?
These are just educated guesses because you should [never assume you can read
someone's name](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/5529/78)!

These two are most likely [「勝」]{まさる} and [「進」]{すすむ}. But my confidence level
varies with the rest of these:

[「千代」]{ちよ}

[「久」]{ひさし}

[「寿」]{ことぶき？}

[「愛」]{まな}

[「結」]{ゆい}

[「麻」]{あさ}

[「葵」]{あおい}

[「萌」]{きざし}
CC BY-SA 4.0
2023-02-06T18:36:09.830
98516
2023-02-06T18:36:09.830
78
98515
answer
This article started out as a description of common _names_ (蒼, 凪, 陽葵), but at
some point, it turned into a description of common _kanji_ used in names. In
particular, 麻 is almost never used as a name by itself, and I don't know how
to read it naturally as a name (the author also says 自然にまつわる **漢字が** 目立ち始めた).

Most of these kanji are typically used as part of longer names (e.g, 麻美【まみ】,
勝久【かつひさ】, 愛結【あゆ】). 千代 can be used on its own, but it's also used as a
component (八千代【やちよ】, 竹千代【たけちよ】). Of course, each kanji has multiple readings,
so you cannot assign a single furigana in this context.

But when used as a one-kanji name, these are typically read as follows:

千代: ちよ, 久: ひさし, 寿: ことぶき(female)/ひさし(male), 愛: あい/まな, 結: ゆい, 麻: ???, 葵: あおい, 萌:
もえ.
CC BY-SA 4.0
2023-02-07T00:18:30.917
98520
2023-02-07T00:28:47.663
2023-02-07T00:28:47.663
5010
5010
98515
answer