Re: "rin" honorific?

Gordon Freeman <GF@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

Is there such an honorific or suffix for a name as "rin" beyond
random cuteness?

My local NSoJ tells me that's about the limit of it, with no
particular honorific meaning.

I wasn't able to get much of a definite pattern beyond "that sounds
right" or "that doesn't". Best estimate: It only works if it would be
euphonic to add or change the final syllable to become "-rin"; and
it's best if the name is already truncated in a cute way in a similar
way as when one would add "-chan".

So "akiko" can already become "akko", and this can become "akkorin";
or your example of "kimura" becomes "kimurin". But it wouldn't work
for "asuka"; apparently neither "asurin" nor "asukarin" are acceptable
usages.

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