Do サトシ (Satoshi) or ナカモト (Nakamoto) mean anything in Japanese? | Hacker News Reader

Do サトシ (Satoshi) or ナカモト (Nakamoto) mean anything in Japanese?

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Submitted because I read recently about the pun possibly in the name - see the accepted answer here (https://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/83887).

  Satoshi = wisdom/sense
  naka    = middle
  moto    = base/root/origin

Which bears some similarity to the name 'central intelligence'. Heh.

The thing is that, many Japanese given names (Satoshi here) are constructed to be meaningful in a positive way anyway. Nakamoto is a well-known surname that is at least several centuries old and thought to mean some central land, though its ultimate origin is unclear (one theory is that it comes from important [or "central"] members of Murakami pirates [1]). Of course Satoshi Nakamoto is clearly a pseudonym so it may have been picked according to literal or even mistook meanings, but it may equally have been picked randomly too.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noshima_Murakami

I'm really tired to this might not make sense;

My pet theory is that Satoshi is actually named after the main character from Pokemon[1]. Which is also the name of the creator of pokemon[2]. And the creator created Bitcoin and other derivatives with the game theory he came up with and refined in the Pokemon series. (Addictive,'gotta catch em all' shitcoins)

[1]https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Ash_Ketchum If you click on the link and look at the character image it'll say Satoshi And ash Ketchum. [2]https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Satoshi_Tajiri

If you want another crackpot theory.... there's an anime called "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi" where the main character, named Satoshi, must (if I understand the plot summaries) save the multiverse by saving a shopping mall that exists across multiple timelines.

According to one auto maker, it's constructed from Samsung, Toshiba, Nakamichi, and Motorola.

https://i.ibb.co/XpgV6J5/IMG-0693.jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onomastics

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