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! style="-moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px;" | Language
!Language
! style="-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;" | Name
!Name
! style="-moz-border-radius-topright: 5px;" | Origin
!Origin
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Japanese
|Japanese
|ソネザキマサキ ''Masaki Sonezaki''
|ソネザキマサキ<br>''Masaki Sonezaki''
|Means {{wp|Japanese Spindle}}. It is also similar to みさき ''misaki'', meaning cape, where he lives.
|From 正木 ''masaki'', {{wp|Euonymus japonicus|Japanese Spindle}}. It is also similar to みさき ''misaki'' (cape), referring to where he lives.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|English, German, Italian, Spanish
|English, German,<br>Italian, Spanish
|Bill
|Bill
|May come from {{wp|Bill Gates}}, former head of {{wp|Microsoft}}, and developer of the {{wp|Microsoft Windows}} operating system for PCs.
|May come from {{wp|Bill Gates}}, former head of {{wp|Microsoft}} and developer of the {{wp|Microsoft Windows}} operating system for PCs.
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|French
|French
|Léo
|Léo
|Possibly from Link Everything Online
|Possibly from {{wp|LEO (website)|Link Everything Online}}
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|- style="background:#FFF;"
|Korean
|Korean
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|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
|Chinese ({{tt|Mandarin|Taiwan and mainland China}})
|正輝/正辉 ''Zhènghuī''
|曾根崎正輝 / 曾根崎正辉<br>''Cénggēnqí Zhènghuī''
|From the name 正輝 ''Masaki''. 輝/辉 also means radiance, possibly referencing his lighthouse.  
|From the Japanese 曾根崎 ''Sonezaki'' and 正輝 ''Masaki''. 輝 (radiance) is also a possible reference to his lighthouse on the cape.  
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