OK, yes, I see what s/he was doing with the meanings. The meanings given look accurate to me and refer to the part of the name that is NOT
Ren. For example:
Kairen = kai "ocean" + ren "lotus"
So you would need to tack "lotus" on to what is listed here to get the full meaning.
Ren by itself is a fine middle name, and a longer name would be nice too. Looking through my master list of Japanese girl's names, I did find one example of Suren 素蓮, "plain, unadorned; plain white silk" + "lotus." That looks almost like a combination of
Sue and
Lynn.
Let me know if I can help any more!
This message was edited 5/11/2014, 7:53 PM