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Ok... Well, my Jpns. names and western names are kinda mixed in my lists right now, so you can go through and see what you like... Some will go w/ Indigo and some won't, but it'll give you something to play around w/ and perhaps you'll find some new names that catch your fancy. I'm putting a Jpns. prn. guide at the bottom of this post so you'll know how to prn. the Jpns. names. I do have some obscure names from some other languages in here as well.

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Amaryllis
Ayako 綾子
Aurora
Alejandra
Amanda
Antonia
Asami 愛佐実
Abigail
Akiyo 明代
Amika 愛美歌
Azusa 愛津佐
Amity
Airi 愛利
Adelaide
Atsuyo 敦代
Aimi 愛実
Annette
Ayaka 礼歌 or 礼香
Aviva
Akina 愛基名
Arielle
Anneliese
Annabree
Akemi 明実
Aoi 青
Akari 明加利
Anastasia
Alana
Aina 愛名
Ayano 彩野
Ayuki　歩喜
Annetta
Acacia
Azure
Azura
Bronwyn
Brielle
Beate (prn'd bee-ah-tay)
Belinda
Brianne
Brianna
Beverly
Betsy
Blanche
Bianca
Beth
Chiaki 知愛基
Chiemi　智恵実
Chinatsu　知名津
Chinami　知名実
Christa
Charleen (w/ hard ch, though the normal way is fine too)
Charissa
Chizuru　千鶴
Chikako　知香子
Cristina
Cori
Chieki　知恵基
Carmen
Carmel
Chisato　智里
Chihiro　智寛
Candis
Chie　知恵
Chieri　知恵里
Chisa　千砂
Chikina　智基名
Carissa
Chantelle
Coral
Christiana
Deborah
Devorah
Dominga
Danica
Della
Dove
Dawn
Dale
Dallas
Dara
Davina
Dominique
Darla
Darlene
Dori
Esperanza
Emiko 恵美子
Elizabeth
Elisa 恵里佐
Erika 恵里歌
Etsuyo 悦代
Emerald
Erina 恵里名
Eina 栄名
Esther
Emiho 恵実保
Eugenia
Esperance
Ebony
Eliana
Elise
Elisheva
Eliza
Elsie
Emiliana
Esmee
Estella
Estelle
Evangeline
Evalena
Eri 恵理
Emi 恵美
Eriko 恵理子
Etsuko 悦子
Felicity
Felicia
Faith
Francesca
Francine
Frances
Fumiko　富美子
Fumika　文歌
Fusako (old)　芙紗子
Fusa (old)　総
Fumie (fu-me-ay)　踏絵
Fumina　文名
Fuyuko (old)　冬子
Freda /Frieda/Freida
Gabriella
Gabrielle
Gianna
Greta
Gerda (prob'ly would have less appeal if it weren't for the fact that a know someone w/ this name who's pretty awesome)
Genevieve
Georgia
Georgiana
Giovanna
Gretel
Geraldine
Hitomi 瞳
Harmony
Hailey / Hayley (semi-like, but not enthrawled w/)... would use 平里 as kanji for it
Heidi
Himawari ひまわり
Hidemi
Hadar
Hadassah
Hannah
Hilary
Hope
Hiroka　弘歌
Hiromi　弘美
Hiroko　広子
Haruka　春賀
Harumi　晴美
Haruko　春子
Haru　春
Hina　雛
Hisako　久子
Hisae　久恵
Hiroe　廣江
Hisayo 久代
Heather
Hariet
Henrietta
Hope
Hana　花
Hanako　花子
Hazel
Holly
Hosannah
Izumi 和泉
Ikue 生恵
Itsuki 生連基
Ikina 生基名
Ilana
Ivanna
Jocelyn
Jolene
Jasmine
Johanneke
Joy
Janelle
Joanne
Jessica
Joelle
Jeannette
Jessilyn
Joanna
Jerusha
Jacinta
Janessa　
Jada
Jade
Jael
Jane
Janina
Janine
Jemima
Jessamine
Jodi
Jordana
Josette
Jubilee
Juana
Justina
Junko 潤子
Juri じゅり (relatively modern Jpns. name... not 1 of my faves, but there are a few out there.)
Justine
Kikuyo 喜久代
Kathleen
Kiyoe 聖恵
Kisae 喜佐恵
Kaori 歌織里
Kotone 琴音
Kiyu 喜由
Kokoro　心
Kendra
Katsura 桂
Kaede 楓
Kazue 和恵
Kikue 基久恵
Kikina 喜基名
Kikumi 基久実 or 喜久実
Kaja 歌矢 (Kaya works in Jpns. as well, so it's possible to put kanji with it and have it cross over)
Kaho　歌保
Kikuyo　菊代
Karlene
Kayo 加代
Katsue 勝恵
Kotoe　琴恵
Kamaria
Kiyoka 基代歌
Kelila
Kaila
Karyn
Kimiko　喜実子
Katsumi 勝実
Katrina
Keziah
Kiyomi 清美
Kiara
Kristin
Kylie
Laurel
Laurelle
Lana
Lara
Leona
Linnea
Lisa
Loretta
Lori
Liesl
Lorna
Lucia
Lucille
Lydia
Lynda
Lynnette
Mabel
Mabella
Minami 美名実
Michie　道恵
Miwa 実和
Magda
Mattea
Marie　真里恵
Mahoe 真穂恵
Mikie　実喜恵
Michina　実知名
Misa　実佐
Margot
Manami
Melodi
Michelle
Marissa
Marni
Megan
Melinda
Mercedes
Mercy
Milica
Moriah
Maki 真喜
Makina 真基名
Mana 真名
Mahiro　真寛
Mayumi 真由美
Mie　実恵
Mieka　実恵歌
Mieko　実恵子
Mieho　実恵保
Mika 実歌
Mikako 実加子
Mikina 実基名
Mikiyo 実基代
Misato　実里
Michika　道歌
Michimi　道実
Michiyo　道代
Melissa
Myfanwy
Motoe 基恵
Mitsue 光恵
Michiko 道子
Mikiko 実喜子
Miyuki 美由貴
Mizuki 瑞貴
Miela
Motoka 基香
Mayu　真由
Marika 茉莉香
Mitsuyo 光世
Miho 実穂
Mei 明
Midori 緑
Marina 真里名
Marino　真里野
Naomi 直美
Machiko 真智子
Miyu 実結
Mayu 真由
Masami 真佐実
Mio 美織
Mitsue 満恵
Megumi 恵
Miranda
Mayim
Madoka真戸佳 or 真戸歌 or 真戸加
Mavelle
Miguela　
Migiwa 溿
Namie 波恵
Noelle
Nell
Nelia
Nellva
Nellana
Nozomi 希望
Natasha
Natalia
Natsuki 名津喜
Nadia
Nancee
Noella
Nava
Nessa
Natsue　名津恵
Nobue 信恵
Noreen
Natsumi　名津実
Natsuko　名津子
Nicola
Oksana
Olivia
Oceana (prn. Osheena)
Pamela
Patricia
Petra
Phillippa (Pippa)
Rachelle
Reina 礼名
Regina
Renata
Rikina 利基名
Rubina
Risa　里佐
Roberta
Robyn
Rona
Roni
Rosalia
Rosalie
Rosella
Rosetta
Roshanna
Ritsue　里津恵 –
Rose
Roselle
Rohini
Rosina
Roxana
Roshana
Ruth
Ricki
Rayael
Reika 礼香
Raquel
Renee　
Roxanne
Shinobu 志信 or 詩信 or 信宣
Setsuyo 摂代
Staci
Sakie 沙貴恵
Sayuri 小百合
Sachie 祥恵
Sakura 桜
Shiho 詩穂
Saya 佐矢
Saori 佐織里
Symphony
Sayumi 佐由実
Sakino 佐基乃
Sundeia
Samantha
Samara
Sapphire
Sasha
Sanae 佐名恵
Savannah
Scarlet
Sharona
Shayna
Sherri
Shiloh
Shoshanna
Sosoe 注恵
Sakura 桜
Seika　聖歌
Satomi　聖実
Sierra
Susannah
Suzanne
Svetlana
Sakina 佐基名
Sachika　祥歌
Sachino 祥之
Satoe　智恵
Satoko　聡子
Saho 佐穂
Sosoka　注歌
Sosoki　注喜
Shauna
Starla
Sambi 賛美
Stephanie
Sachie 祥恵
Sachiko 祥子
Solveig
Sahiro　佐寛
Shihiro　詩寛
Sosomi　注実
Serena
Setsu 摂
Setsue　摂恵
Setsuko　摂子
Setsumi　摂実
Setsuho　摂穂
Sundeia (sundeeah)
Toshimi 稔実
Toshika 稔歌
Tomoko 友子
Thabisa
Tabitha
Tamae　多真恵
Tamari　多真里
Toshie 稔恵
Toshiyo　稔代
Toyomi　豊実
Tahlia
Tamara
Tamsin
Terri
Tiann
Tova
Tobiah
Tori
Tzeitel
Tziporah
Tomoe 友恵
Toshiko 稔子
Theresa
Trisha
Tsutako 津多子
Trudene
Tehilah
Teruna 照名
Vivian
Vanessa
Verity
Veronica
Vivienne
Victoria
Viviana
Wendene
Xavia
Xenia
Xoana
Yael
Yukari 由歌里
Yukie 由基恵
Yukiko 由基子
Yukina 由基名
Yoshie　代詩恵
Yoshimi　代志実
Yukiyo　由基代　
Yuzumi 由津実
Yoshika　代志歌
Yvette
Yuri 百合
Yumi 由実
Yumiko 由実子
Yumina 由実名
Yumie 由実恵
Yumika 由美歌
Yumino 由美之
Yui 由井
Yuika 由井加
Yuki 由基
Yuka 由佳
Yuko 祐子
Yukako 由加子
Yuna 由名
Yoko 洋子
Yoshiko 良子
Yoriko 順子
Yuriko 百合子
Yoshino 吉之
Yurika 由里歌
Yvonne
Yvette
Yayoi 弥生
Yasuko 康子
Yuu 祐
Yo 洋
Yuiko 由井子
Yuzuki 柚喜
Yuzue 由津恵
Yemesi
Zakia
Zoe
Zipporah

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Jpns. prn. guide

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Did this up for someone on another site and decided all this effort ought not be wasted on only 1 person who may or may not get much usefrom this, so I've decided to make it public domain to access for those whodon't know so much about Jpns. pronunciation and/or are curious and wanting tolearn or to share it w/ someone else you know who wants to learn. I rarely makemy fb stuff open to everyone in the public, but this is an exception 'causethere's nothing private in here anyway.

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We usually write Japanese for En. speakers in what isreferred to as "romaji". It's a set of roman letter combos torepresent Jpns. sounds in roman letters. There are some alternative ways ofwriting things, but not what En. speakers would relate to... but would insteadmake them cringe. They're not"translated"; they're transliterated... and not just from kanji, butfrom the sylabaries as well (any kanji prn can be written in syls), so here arethe hiragana (2 sets of syls: hiragana and katakana... the latter of which havea similar set of sounds and are just written differently and don't need to beadded for the immediate purpose of this).

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あ - a prn. ah

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い - i prn. ee

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う - u prn. oo like in flute

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え - e prn. like eh or ay

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お - o like in oats

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note: ou just says o, but longer. Ai is pronounced like eye. Ei says ay or ayee. au says ow.

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from here on it just sounds like the consonants w/ the vowelsound as rendered above unless I state otherwise re: the consonants. Vowelstend to be relatively consistent... ou is just a longer o sound though and aiis prn'd like the name of our letter I (so is ae sometimes unless you separatethe vowels... which can also happen).

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か - ka

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き - ki

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く - ku

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け - ke

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こ - ko

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さ - sa

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し - si or shi... is prn'd shi (she)

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す - su

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せ - se

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そ - so

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た - ta

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ち - ti or chi... is prn'd chi (like in cheeks)

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つ - tu or tsu... is prn'd tsu (ts cons. cluster unnatural to En. speakers at the beginning of a syl)

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て - te

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と - to

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な - na

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に - ni

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ぬ - nu

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ね - ne

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の - no

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ん - n... orsometimes m... depending on the word it's written in... It's basically an endof the syl. nasal consonant (only end of syl. consonant occurring in Jpns.) andis a general nasal. If there is a consonant following it, its prn. maycorrespond w/ where in the mouth the next cons. is prn'd... which is why somepeople will write konbawa as kombawa... because be is a bilabial consonant andcan cause the nasal to become bilablial as well in some people's prn.

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は - ha

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ひ - hi

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ふ - hu or fu... but neither of those is exactly right... the Jpns. h sound is a frontal hsound rather than a back h sound like we En. speakers have. Plus, the En. fsound is a labio-dental (lip and teeth) sound while the Jpns. f is actually abilabial (both lips... no teeth) sound and is what linguists would call abilabial fricative.

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へ - he ... except when it's used as a directionmarker and the h gets dropped

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ほ - ho

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ま - ma

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み - mi

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む - mu

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め - me

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も - mo

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や - ya

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ゆ - yu

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よ - yo

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ら - ra (the r is actually somewhere between an rand an l rather than being exactly 1 or the other)

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り - ri

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る - ru

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れ - re

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ろ - ro

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わ - wa

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を - wo or o,depending whom you're talking to. Wo is more old-fashioned and a lot of (Jpns.)people don't even know that it can be prn'd this way, but I spent 4 yrs. inEhime where they still prn. it this way and got corrected at first for using oeven though I'd never heard of it being said wo before ('cause my college proffrom Fukushima never taught us that... they don't say it that way up there).Most people just say o, but it's ONLY used as a particle these days and not inregular words, so it's only an issue if you're reading full sentences inromaji, which feels extremely unnatural to me.

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が - ga ... ALWAYS a hard g

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ぎ - gi

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ぐ - gu

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げ - ge

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ご - go

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ざ - za

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じ - zi or ji... prn. is ji

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ず - zu

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ぜ - ze

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ぞ - zo

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だ - da

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ぢ - di or ji... prn. is ji

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づ - du or zu... prn. is zu

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で - de

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ど - do

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ば - ba

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び - bi

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ぶ - bu

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べ - be

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ぼ - bo

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ぱ - pa

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ぴ - pi

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ぷ - pu

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ぺ - pe

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ぽ - po

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きゃ - kya (remember... y's not a vowel, so these willbe cons. clusters)

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きゅ - kyu

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きょ - kyo

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しゃ - sya or sha ... prn.'d sha

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しゅ - syu or shu ... prn.'d shu

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しょ - syo or sho ... prn.'d sho

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ちゃ - tya or cha ... prn.'d cha

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ちゅ - tyu or chu ... prn'd chu

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ちょ - tyo or cho ... prn.'d cho

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にゃ - nya (like in lasagne)

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にゅ - nyu

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にょ - nyo

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ひゃ - hya

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ひゅ - hyu

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ひょ - hyo

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みゃ - mya

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みゅ - myu

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みょ - myo

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りゃ - rya (themost challenging set of Jpns. sounds for En. speakers)

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りゅ - ryu

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りょ - ryo

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ぎゃ - gya

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ぎゅ - gyu

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ぎょ - gyo

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じゃ - zya or ja ... prn.'d ja

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じゅ - zyu or ju ... prn.'d ju

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じょ - zyo or jo ... prn.'d jo

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ぢゃ - dya or ja ... prn'd ja

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ぢゅ - dyu or ju ... prn.'d ju

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ぢょ - dyo or jo ... prn.'d jo

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びゃ - bya

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びゅ - byu

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びょ - byo

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ぴゃ - pya

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ぴゅ - pyu

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ぴょ - pyo

This message was edited 10/19/2011, 4:33 AM