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[Opinions] Re: If you had to give your child a Japanese name, which would you choose?

by Eilis (Suibhne)

5/25/2009, 12:13 PM

Japanese names aren't ones that have particularly struck a chord with me. I think some of them have a good sound but if I like one, it is likely because it accidentally coincides with another name I chose in a different context, if that makes sense.

My brother's girlfriend is Japanese and her name is Mami, for example. She has opted to go with a more English-familiar pronunciation and now says it to sound like Mamie. I love Mamie. And now Mami. :-)

I like Haruna in a similar way. Rightly or wrongly, it strikes me as seeming like a feminine variant of Harun, which I love. So it is Japanese and I do like it, but the latter isn't at all influenced by the former.

So long story short, I like Mami and Haruna but that is more or less my way of cheating at this question. ;-)

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•Hanako Emi & Kaito Haru (nt) · Delphi_Blue · 5/26/2009, 5:38 AM

•Midori and Takashi (nt) · Elena · 5/25/2009, 11:50 PM

•Hana and Kaito .nt · Chanel · 5/25/2009, 7:25 PM

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•Izumi and Kaito nt · Kokoro · 5/25/2009, 3:59 PM

•Sora (f) & Mika (m). nt · Andromache · 5/25/2009, 2:32 PM

•Re: If you had to give your child a Japanese name, which would you choose? · Tilly · 5/25/2009, 1:15 PM

•it's more like child of love, there's nothing derogatory in it nt · Gracie · 5/25/2009, 2:28 PM

•Re: it's more like child of love, there's nothing derogatory in it nt · Tilly · 5/26/2009, 9:01 AM

•Re: it's more like child of love, there's nothing derogatory in it nt · BBH · 5/26/2009, 9:17 AM

•Re: it's more like child of love, there's nothing derogatory in it nt · Tilly · 5/26/2009, 10:48 AM

•Re: If you had to give your child a Japanese name, which would you choose? · Murasaki · 5/25/2009, 1:08 PM

•Shinju (f) and Shiro (m) -nt · iolite · 5/25/2009, 12:43 PM

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•Re: If you had to give your child a Japanese name, which would you choose? · Gracie · 5/25/2009, 11:49 AM

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•Emi (f) and Ryo (m) [nt] · CN · 5/25/2009, 11:43 AM

•I like those a lot. nt · Schezar · 5/25/2009, 1:28 PM

•Izumi and Hikaru. nt · Schezar · 5/25/2009, 11:39 AM

•love Izumi (nt) · BBH · 5/25/2009, 11:48 AM

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