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[Opinions] Japanese Names

by Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly)

10/28/2007, 10:28 AM

WDYT of all [or most] the Japanese names I love? Are Japanese names usable on a non-Japanese child? Why or why not?

Personally I think they would be real unusual on a non-Japanese child. However, I don't see why someone couldn't use them, people are always using other culture's names all the time.

I might use some of these, but not all. I haven't decided except maybe one or two names for sure I'd use.

GIRLS NAMES
Chiyo
Chihiro
Hanako * (I'd really use it)
Haru
Hotaru
Kaori
Mei
Midori
Osono * (I'd really use it)
Rin
Rio
Sachi
Sayuri
Sen
Shizuku
Tetsu
Yuzuki

BOYS NAMES
Akira * (maybe would use)
Ashitaka
Haku
Haru
Hayao
Seiji

#Japanese

This message was edited 10/28/2007, 10:29 AM

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- L (pinkmoon_lj)

10/28/2007, 11:46 PM

Hanako was one of the characters in my Japanese textbook. I always thought it was cute.

- Julia (JuliaF)

10/28/2007, 11:58 AM

I love Hana (HAHN-ah) and Naomi. Akira is a horrible GP on a girl, but I don't mind it on a boy. Hanako, Mei, and Midori are also nice.

- LMS

10/28/2007, 11:10 AM

I like Hanako, Mei, and Sayuri. I don't mind Seiji on a boy either. I wouldn't use them, except maybe for Mei on my children unless they were of asian descent, simply because it would look odd...just as Abdul or Jaykwon would look strange on my children.

- RoxStar +1

10/28/2007, 10:58 AM

I think it would be kind of silly to use a Japanese name on somebody who has no connection to Japan, at least as a fn. Yes, people use names from other cultures all the time, but you don't see Japanese people in Japan naming their kids Coinnor or Jose or Svetlana.

Your shorter Japanese names would work pretty well as mns. Midori is cute, though it is a melon-flavored liqueur. Steer of Ashitaka, look at the word that's wright in the middle of it.

- Sabrina Fair (tigerlilly)

10/28/2007, 1:45 PM

I noticed that in Ashitaka, it's more GP

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