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[Opinions] Re: What are your favorite Japanese names?

by erb816

8/3/2011, 1:26 PM

I'm not an expert on Japanese names, but these are the female names I like:
Airi
Emi
Haruna
Kaori
Mameha
Mei
Midori - probably my favorite
Naomi
Rina
Sakura
Sayuri
Shiori
Sora
Takara

And for males, I like:
Goro / Gorou
Haru
Haruto
Hayato
Hiraku
Hiroto
Kaito
Katsuro / Katsurou
Kenshin - probably my favorite
Minoru
Noboru
Ren
Ryo - I actually know a non-Japanese person named this. Pretty cool name.
Tarou

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- Lily (Destry)

8/4/2011, 4:40 AM

I used to like Ryo, but the pronunciation totally threw me off it. I met a Ryo when I lived in Australia and it's pronounced almost like Joe. They R sounds like a mixture of a D, a J and an L (really hard to explain) and you could barely hear it has two syllables.

Same with Rina, it almost sounds like Gina, I know a girl named this also. I like Rina, though.

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