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I've recently started to really like Japanese names. They just have a really cool sound to them. What are some cool ones/your favorites?
This message was edited 10/17/2013, 6:19 PM
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My favorite is Mayumi. It is both Filipino and Japanese. In Japanese I have been told the meaning is "true beauty", but in Tagalog the meaning is "gentle". We may use this for our girl, with the nickname Yumi (DH is from Philippines).
Other top names include:
Hana
Yuki
Naomi
Rina
Akira
Suzume
Kaito
Ken
Minoru
Sora
Yori
Other top names include:
Hana
Yuki
Naomi
Rina
Akira
Suzume
Kaito
Ken
Minoru
Sora
Yori
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I haven't posted on this board in like two years but one of my pet projects over the past few months has been doing things with Japanese name popularity charts so naturally I've found many favorites through that.
I'll just do girl names for now because I have so many more girl favorites. (Note: I've just listed my favorite ways to write each name, since Japanese names can be written tons of different ways depending on what characters are used.)
Ai (愛 love)
Airi (愛理 love + logic)
Akiko (明子 bright + child or 晶子 sparkle + child)
Asuka (明日香 tomorrow + fragrance)
Aya (彩 color or 綾 design)
Ayaka (彩花 color + flower or 彩夏 color + summer)
Azusa (梓 or あずさ cherry birch)
Chihiro (千尋 thousand + fathom)
Chisato (千里 thousand + village)
Haruka (遥 distant or 春花 spring + flower)
Izumi (泉 fountain)
Kaede (楓 maple)
Kotone (琴音 harp + sound)
Madoka (円 or まどか circle)
Maki (真希 true + hope)
Makoto (真琴 true + harp)
Mai (舞 dance)
Mari (真理 true + logic or 真里 true + village)
Megumi (恵 or めぐみ blessing)
Mei (芽生 sprout + life)
Minako (美奈子 beauty + what + child)
Mio (美桜 beauty + cherry blossom or 美緒 beauty + thread)
Nagisa (渚 beach)
Narumi (成美 become + beauty)
Natsuki (夏希 summer + hope)
Natsumi (夏海 summer + sea or 夏美 summer + beauty)
Sayaka (雅 or さやか gracious)
Sayuri (小百合 small + lily)
Shiori (汐里 tide + village or 詩織 poetry + weave)
Sumire (菫 or すみれ violet)
Yui (結 binding or 唯 only)
Yuki (有希 possess + hope or 由希 reason + hope)
I'll just do girl names for now because I have so many more girl favorites. (Note: I've just listed my favorite ways to write each name, since Japanese names can be written tons of different ways depending on what characters are used.)
Ai (愛 love)
Airi (愛理 love + logic)
Akiko (明子 bright + child or 晶子 sparkle + child)
Asuka (明日香 tomorrow + fragrance)
Aya (彩 color or 綾 design)
Ayaka (彩花 color + flower or 彩夏 color + summer)
Azusa (梓 or あずさ cherry birch)
Chihiro (千尋 thousand + fathom)
Chisato (千里 thousand + village)
Haruka (遥 distant or 春花 spring + flower)
Izumi (泉 fountain)
Kaede (楓 maple)
Kotone (琴音 harp + sound)
Madoka (円 or まどか circle)
Maki (真希 true + hope)
Makoto (真琴 true + harp)
Mai (舞 dance)
Mari (真理 true + logic or 真里 true + village)
Megumi (恵 or めぐみ blessing)
Mei (芽生 sprout + life)
Minako (美奈子 beauty + what + child)
Mio (美桜 beauty + cherry blossom or 美緒 beauty + thread)
Nagisa (渚 beach)
Narumi (成美 become + beauty)
Natsuki (夏希 summer + hope)
Natsumi (夏海 summer + sea or 夏美 summer + beauty)
Sayaka (雅 or さやか gracious)
Sayuri (小百合 small + lily)
Shiori (汐里 tide + village or 詩織 poetry + weave)
Sumire (菫 or すみれ violet)
Yui (結 binding or 唯 only)
Yuki (有希 possess + hope or 由希 reason + hope)
This message was edited 10/18/2013, 9:40 AM
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My favourites are:
Asuka
Midori
Sakura
Kanako
Nagisa
Yuzuha
Yuuki
Kaoru
Yamato
Kazuki
Makoto
Jun
I could go on forever on this particular subject!
Asuka
Midori
Sakura
Kanako
Nagisa
Yuzuha
Yuuki
Kaoru
Yamato
Kazuki
Makoto
Jun
I could go on forever on this particular subject!
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Airi and Kaori are amongst my favorites.
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