Another one to add is that Japanese boys names often end *-rō* (-郎, "nth son").....

aleksiy123 · 2025-02-10T20:23:52 1739219032

I believe some Ancient Roman names are also like this:

Male: Sextus, Septimus, Octavius, Nonus.

Female: Prima, Secunda, Tertia, Quarta, Quinta, Sexta, Octavia, Nona, and Decima

But on further investigation the males seem to actually be named after months https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/zshd6h/when_...

and the women are unclear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praenomen

ItalianPoetry · 2025-02-14T15:12:44 1739545964

I don't know about Ancient Romans, but I do know a few Italian men with numbered names. In particular a Decimo (tenth), who was indeed the tenth (and I wouldn't swear the last).

They are all, unsurprisingly, old :)

kridsdale3 · 2025-02-10T17:28:51 1739208531

Iron Maiden: Shichirō no Shichirō

aitchnyu · 2025-02-11T06:29:01 1739255341

Is Shiro a taboo name? Seen an ad for a big corp not printing 4 out of deference to the Japanese, since its the word for death.

Or do people associate it with white?

amiga386 · 2025-02-11T12:24:06 1739276646

I'm not sure. 4 and death just sound the same, it's more a superstition to avoid saying those numbers, like Westerners thinking 13 is unlucky. It doesn't extend to all words beginning with or containing "shi"

Also, shiro (城 castle or 白 white) is not the same as the name Shirō (e.g. 四郎 "fourth son", 志郎 "determined son"?, 史郎 "historical son"?)

ralgozino · 2025-02-10T20:28:27 1739219307

That's pretty convenient and easy to remember