What is "Yomi name"?

Brian Tillman [Outlook MVP 2007-2019] 25,920 Reputation points
2012-08-20T20:26:02+00:00

I'm trying to add a contact.  If I click on the plus sign below the "First name", "Last name", and "Company" field, I see a pop-up whose first two entries, "Yomi name" and "Yomi company" don't mean anything to me.  Here's a picture:

What the heck does that mean?

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Anonymous
2012-09-06T20:38:39+00:00

Hi Brian,

Yomi name and Yomi company name are fields for entering the phonetic equivalent for Japanese names. In Japan, there is commonly a Furigana equivalent for the Kanji name that is used for sorting and searching.

HTH,

Stacey

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-03-23T11:04:39+00:00

    Hi,

    Getting that option for adding a new contact in Outlook is very unusual. We suggest you download Feedback Hub from Microsoft Store to share the unusual issue that you've been encountering.

    Regards.

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-03-18T12:49:40+00:00

    I'm trying to "Add" a new contact and, like the original poster, noticed that there was a textbox for entering a "Yomi" name ... I thought it was the same as the "Nickname" until I did a Google search and ultimately ended up here

    In my case, I have two contacts with the same name and I just want to add a "Nickname" to distinguish them apart.

    I am using Outlook.com (https://outlook.live.com/owa/?path=/people) and do not get the textbox for "Nickname" in my dropdown list.

    I would have simply used the "Yomi name" text box until I read the Wiki definition which is a bit depressing:

    ... Yomi or Yomi-no-kuni is the Japanese word for the land of the dead (World of Darkness) ... Yomi is comparable to Hades or ****

    Here is the full Wikipedia definition:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yomi

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-12-10T21:07:36+00:00

    Oh, Wow, So helpful

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