- the strawberry: 苺 (ichigo), a female given name
- the peach: 桃 (momo), a female given name, and the root of the historical word for pink 桃色 (momo-iro)
- the cherry: 桜ん坊 (sakuranbō), the fruit of the cherry blossom 桜 (sakura), which is a female given name
Shoutout to the Apricot, specifically the Prunus armeniaca species, also!
In Japanese it's called a 杏子. This is a funny one. When referring to the fruit, it's usually called Anzu. This isn't normally a given name. It is. however, the given name of my good friend Masaki Anzu, from Yugioh. everyone say hi to my friend Anzu.
As a female given name in general, it's more commonly pronounced Kyōko or Momoko. Though, the latter can also be written as 桃子, using the character for "peach"; meanwhile, the former has many alternate etymologies. When possible, it's fun to look up the kanji used in a character's name!
Anyways, i could say something about Kyoko Sakura from Madoka Magica here. But the truth is... I made this addition entirely because I wanted to talk about Anzu. Even though she's not a magical girl. I hope you'll forgive me... for my betrayal...
machine translation for the website:
[ ◆Kyoko Masaki (voice: Yumi Kakazu)
Yugi's childhood friend.
She is a girl with a winning spirit and a strong sense of justice.
But deep down she has a very girly side, and she believes that someday the prince on a white horse will come to pick her up. After her transformation, she begins to have a secret crush on Yugi, and her girlish side occasionally shows through.
Her dream is to study dance in New York. ]
so, google translate does automatically spell it kyōko. which makes sense.
(also, not to derail back to kyoko sakura from madoka magica, but as per one of the madoka drama cds, her sister was named momo. so kyoko and her family are, like, the quintessential magical girl edible fruit name havers)
