Message: "Sakura!" - Behind the Name

Sakura!

by Rosa (pinkmoon_lj)

8/30/2008, 11:30 PM

I am really really liking Sakura lately. I like what it symbolises mostly, but I just think it would be a really cool name. Actually there are a whole bunch of other reasons why I like it.

So the other night I wrote quite a long list of Sakura combos. Most of them were complete rubbish, and a lot of them rhymed and were really just ridiculous. But anyway. Here are most of them.

Forms of Elizabeth
Sakura Isibeal*
Sakura Isobel
Sakura Elizabeth
Sakura Alzbeta
Sakura Lisbet
Sakura Eilis

Forms of Agnes
Sakura Agnes
Sakura Inez*

Some family fillers.
Sakura Marie
Sakura Elizabeth (again)

Some forms of Alice
Sakura Alice
Sakura Alix*

Just for fun and giggles
Sakura Seraphina*- Is it wrong that this is my favourite at the moment?
Sakura Mildred
Sakura Theodora
Sakura Athenodora

Names ending in ~ine
Sakura Fleurentine
Sakura Wilhelmine
Sakura Jessamine*
Sakura Clementine
Sakura Eglantine
Sakura Claudine
Sakura Zephyrine

In all seriousness
Sakura Ismene*
Sakura Genevieve*
Sakura Camille*

*s are by todays favourites.

Your opinions on Sakura, these combos, as well as suggestions would be very much appreciated!

#Sakura

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- Phoenix-san +1

8/31/2008, 10:09 AM

I love Japanese names and the meanings of them, but as much as I adore them it's hard to fit them with English (or French, or Irish, or whatever you might use) names. Sakura is lovely. It's apparently #2 in Japan, behind Hina. These were the combos I liked:

Sakura Isobel
Sakura Elizabeth
Sakura Alice
Sakura Alix
Sakura Seraphina
Sakura Zephyrine
Sakura Genevieve

- Lily8

8/31/2008, 10:32 AM

Hina is number 1?

Wow...I think there are so many lovely Japanese names and even though Hina has a lovely meaning I don't think it sounds very nice...

- Murasaki (lady murasaki)

8/31/2008, 7:46 AM

I love it! I find Agnes, Alice and Seraphina are the best mns.

- Shivali

8/31/2008, 3:59 AM

lol - love Sakura Seraphina - but adore Sakura Alzbeta!

- Lily8

8/31/2008, 3:58 AM

Isn't Sakura the #1 baby name for girls in Japan ? I like Japanese names and I love its meaning and think that it sounds nice as well but I wouldn't really use it unless I married a Japanese guy or lived in Japan. I mean it's not that ethnic (like Akiko or Hiromi) but I think it would sound rather weird with an English surname (Sakura Miller). Maybe that's just me, though as nobody else seems to have noticed that it's a Japanese name.

Still it's beautiful and better than Taylor or something...I like Sakura Isobel, Sakura Alice, Sakura Alix, Sakura Theodora, Sakura Wilhelmine, Sakura Jessamine, Sakura Clementine and Sakura Camille.

I like Mildred but it doesn't go well with Sakura at all in my opinion.

- Blair.

8/31/2008, 1:25 AM

Sakura? I havnt ever really heard this name, it has a rough yet unique edge to it. Only bad thing is, Sak or Sakky, could become NN. :P

- Jeana the Earth Goddess (Jeana Bradbury) +1

8/30/2008, 11:52 PM

This is my cats name. However I like...

Sakura Isobel
Sakura Elizabeth
Sakura Eilis
Sakura Inez*
Sakura Alice (I like the way this looks)
Sakura Seraphina*
Sakura Theodora
Sakura Fleurentine (Sounds yummy!)
Sakura Claudine
Sakura Genevieve*

- Rosa (pinkmoon_lj)

8/31/2008, 12:38 AM

Awesome

Your cat is well named.

Hehe I think Fleurentine sounds yummy too. It was my great-grandmother's middle name, plus there are a few others in my family tree.

Thanks!

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