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I'm far from an expert or even intermediate in Japanese, but I think not. The names of the kana are just their sounds.

A sketch in Azumanga Daioh comes to mind, where one girl is talking about the character じ ("ji"), and another girl thinks she's talking about hemhorroids, 痔 ("ji").



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