国くに名な

noun

country or region name used as a personal name

Historical term from the Heian period. Refers to a name derived from a country or region, used for people in the imperial court. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だいの宮きゅう廷ていでは、国くに名なを人ひとの名な前まえに用もちいることがあった。

  In the Heian-period court, country or region names were sometimes used as personal names.