What is "Yomi name"?

Oh, Wow, So helpful

Whatif we concider Forname and Surname a global default for the "1. Personal namefield".

And make that variable array "1. Personal namefield" have an "extra field" expansion possibility like:

"Add to my contacts name field: "    (as a checkmark dropdown list)

With such a list:

• Yomi. (Japaneese)
• Birth surname (gender related)
• Fosterparents variant of my name.
• Nickname
• Name that my ego want.
• Ethnic name given by the Hopi tribe
• Sami name (arabic)
• Sámi name (northern Europe Uralic)
• Phonetic "field #" name.
• Royal succession Roman number
• Cyrillic "field #"
• Chinese "field #" name
• Celtic
• Inuit
• Yupik
• Aleut
• Other name with the prefix:______
• ...............................................................................etcetera...etcetera

Instead of having tons and tons of discussions?   :)

Not only Japanese names need a phonetic equivalent - what about Chinese, Hebrew or Arabic names? Wouldn't it be more clear if Microsoft calls it "Phonetic name" or something similar? I guess that would be understood by more people without needs for training themselves Japanese.

Besides - "Yomi" has another meaning which is basically Death or Road to Death, in some east Asian cultures including Japanese. That may have put off quite some people from using this contact product for something else like google contact.

I don't know why "yomi" was chosen, but here's a Japanese explanation.

First off, it's important to note that Kanji is not Japanese; it's Chinese.

The kanji 訓 (one kun reading is "yo.mu") means "instruction, Japanese character reading, explanation, read."

訓む ("yomu") means to "pronounce kanji using the native Japanese reading."

読 (kun readings "yo.mu" and "-yo.mi") means "read."

読む ("yomu") means "to read" and 読み ("yomi") means "reading."

Oh for goodness sake!  This yomi business is simply nonsense.  (Even as I write this text in the reply box the word "yomi" has a red squiggly line under it indicating the Microsoft's own spell check doesn't recognize it!)  I too queried the term after bringing up HELP from being in my Contacts, "People " page and it wasn't even recognized.  For all of us, Japanese extraction included, who live in the grand U.S. of A. this term is nothing more than distracting and a waste of programming space.  It needs to be eliminated from the context for users in the U.S.  It's pandering to a teeny weeny minority in the name of foolish diversity.

And changing "Contacts" to "People" is so lacking in descriptive value that it's juvenile.

"Yomi" isn't an English word and therefore won't be recognized. "Yomi" is Romanized so it's easily understood by everyone and doesn't require installation of language packs, etc. It's definitely not juvenile, foolish, or unnecessary. It appeals to a wider audience and expands beyond the USA, just as the company does with all that they do.