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That's interesting, I never saw this so far: A Google search for the name Yoshimi written with these kanji turns up exactly one person who calls himself Yoshimi and uses the said kanji, Inoue Yoshimi, pictured here:
http://www.twshitokarate.com/members.htm
http://www.twshitokarate.com/members.htm
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I just quickly ran it though a Japanese dictionary/name database:
慶 is jubilation,congratulate,rejoice,be happy and the name database has many ways to say it and yes 'yoshi' is a popular one of them ('kei' also seems popular)
身 is somebody,person,one's station in life and looking in the names database seems to usually be said 'mi'
However I don't see them listed together (慶身) at all. What that means is that it's certainly possible for 慶身 to be said Yoshimi but it would be extremely unusual.
慶 is jubilation,congratulate,rejoice,be happy and the name database has many ways to say it and yes 'yoshi' is a popular one of them ('kei' also seems popular)
身 is somebody,person,one's station in life and looking in the names database seems to usually be said 'mi'
However I don't see them listed together (慶身) at all. What that means is that it's certainly possible for 慶身 to be said Yoshimi but it would be extremely unusual.
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I searched the Japanese Girl's Names database (110,000 names) and did not find this particular combination. The only spellings of Yoshimi which included the kanji 慶 were:
Yoshimi 慶実 (in which 実 means fruit, to bear fruit), and
Yoshimi 慶美 (in which 美 means beautiful).
So I concur with the previous poster that 慶身 is a potential spelling of Yoshimi but it must be extremely rare.
Yoshimi 慶実 (in which 実 means fruit, to bear fruit), and
Yoshimi 慶美 (in which 美 means beautiful).
So I concur with the previous poster that 慶身 is a potential spelling of Yoshimi but it must be extremely rare.
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As far as I know they could be pronounced 'yoshimi', yes. If anyone knows better feel free to correct me, but to my knowledge 慶 means 'congratulate, rejoice' and 身 means 'person, individual'.
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