Can I write Japanese name "Midori" this way - 緑?


There is female Japanese name "Midori," and I want to know the ways I can
write it. I know it means "green," but maybe the name and "green" are
different words sometimes.

I used google-translator to get variants. I want to know if all of those
variants are used to write the name Midori. Otherwise I am interested in what
they mean.

  * 緑
  * 翠

As far as I can understand, the first variants are kanji and next ones are
hiragana:

  * ミドリ
  * みどり and みどりの

What is the difference between these? What does the "no" mean?




Searching on a name dictionary you'll get a [long long list (93) of "midori"
as a girl's given
name](http://www.nihongoresources.com/nbrowse/midori?action=names&section=dictionaries&page=names&sub=&type=start&search=midori&nametype=0&submit=+search%3E+).
This excludes "midori" being used as a family name or a place name.

"Midori" is not limited to the kanji for green though. It can be made up of
other kanji having `名乗り` (nanori - name reading) of "mi", "do", "ri", "mido",
"dori" compounded to form "midori".

And yes you can use `緑` or `翠` as a standalone kanji for the name Midori.

For brevity I will not list all 93:

> Kana and Kanji mix:
>

>> みど梨

>>

>> みど理

>>

>> みど里

>>

>> み外里

>>

>> み登り

>
> 3 Kanji compounds:
>

>> 三十里

>>

>> 三都里

>>

>> 光巴里

>>

>> 光都里

>>

>> 妙登利

>
> 2 Kanji compounds:
>

>> 三彩

>>

>> 光鳥

>>

>> 実酉

>>

>> 常緑

>>

>> 碧里

There is also the possibility that a name is spelled purely in Hiragana:

> みどり

In this case, writing that person's name using Kanji would be wrong.

For Midorino:

> `緑野 [みどりの]` (Don't worry about the meaning of "no" it's just the way the
> name sounds) it can be both a girl's name and a family name.
>
> `緑埜 [みどりの]` is a family name instead of a girl's name.

Alternatively it could be Midori + Genitive case marker の.

> i.e. `みどりの本` to mean "Midori's book"
>
> or `緑の本` to mean "a green (coloured) book"




Searching on a name dictionary you'll get a [long long list (93) of "midori"
as a girl's given
name](http://www.nihongoresources.com/nbrowse/midori?action=names&section=dictionaries&page=names&sub=&type=start&search=midori&nametype=0&submit=+search%3E+).
This excludes "midori" being used as a family name or a place name.

"Midori" is not limited to the kanji for green though. It can be made up of
other kanji having `名乗り` (nanori - name reading) of "mi", "do", "ri", "mido",
"dori" compounded to form "midori".

And yes you can use `緑` or `翠` as a standalone kanji for the name Midori.

For brevity I will not list all 93:

> Kana and Kanji mix:
>

>> みど梨

>>

>> みど理

>>

>> みど里

>>

>> み外里

>>

>> み登り

>
> 3 Kanji compounds:
>

>> 三十里

>>

>> 三都里

>>

>> 光巴里

>>

>> 光都里

>>

>> 妙登利

>
> 2 Kanji compounds:
>

>> 三彩

>>

>> 光鳥

>>

>> 実酉

>>

>> 常緑

>>

>> 碧里

There is also the possibility that a name is spelled purely in Hiragana:

> みどり

In this case, writing that person's name using Kanji would be wrong.

For Midorino:

> `緑野 [みどりの]` (Don't worry about the meaning of "no" it's just the way the
> name sounds) it can be both a girl's name and a family name.
>
> `緑埜 [みどりの]` is a family name instead of a girl's name.

Alternatively it could be Midori + Genitive case marker の.

> i.e. `みどりの本` to mean "Midori's book"
>
> or `緑の本` to mean "a green (coloured) book"

