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Re: Please suggest some nice Japanese names !!!!!!!

by Briallen (Ora)

2/19/2006, 10:07 AM

I've read loads of Geisha books (most take place 1920-1980 so the names can still be used - and they're not just all from Memoirs of a Geisha, I only have like...4 names from that book) so that's the only source I've got on Japanese names...

Some of the ones that stood out (ie, that I can remember! lol):

GIRLS:

Sayuri
Maiko
Mamiko
Manaka / Manako (can't remember which...)
Masako
Maruko
Mayako
Mayumi
Yaeko
Yasumi
Yoshiko
Yuri
Yuzuki
Kaori
Kazumi
Keiko
Kikuko
Kumiko
Sachiko
Sachiyo
Saiko
Sonomi

BOYS:

Yoshio
Yuki
Katsu

Sorry I don't know meanings! I didn't want to look them up on baby name sites because those are so unreliable... but some seem to be on BtN - I'd go with those!

"Chan eil tuil air nach tig traoghadh"

"Maybe surrounded by
A million people I
Still feel all alone
I just wanna go home
Oh I miss you, you know"
- 'Home', Michael Buble

This message was edited 2/19/2006, 10:09 AM

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- Lily (guest)

2/19/2006, 10:27 AM

thank you !!!!!!!!! =) I read Memoirs of a Geisha, too and I actually liked Sayuri´s birth name of Chiyo. but Sayuri is very nice, too. Keiko, Kaori and Masako seem to be really popular or at least they were, I heard them several times.

So far, on my list are:

Midori (it means "green")
Miyu
Mila
Miko (too boyish ?)

yeah, that´s all I have so far and they all start with M lol......

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