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Sorry I realize I wasn’t very clear in my explanation. We are using it as a first name/given name. Me and my wife both live and grew up in Canada, we don’t feel any hostility or negativity towards Japan. Neither do other Chinese people around us (both in China and Canada). We are mostly wondering if we are allowed to use a Japanese name, given we are not Japanese ourselves.

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As for another name. I’m not sure what parameters to give, but here is what we liked about Arata:
- Masculine, but not too harshly/obviously masculine (compared to names like Zack, Jason, etc…)
- Less common/more unique in English speaking countries
- Short (less than 5 letters) and easy to spell
- No letter “i”
- Homage to her favourite author
- The meaning (“new”)
- The way it sounds and spells
- It seems to be liked/highly rated (according to this website)