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Help[Opinions] Your favorite Japanese names?
What are your favorite Japanese names? Add the meanings if a name you like is not in the database.
Is anyone here familiar with the Japanese language? I wonder whether my favorites are dated/popular etc Also if anyone could link any Japanese name statistics that would be great.
Here are my favorites:
Ai
Chiyo (I just love the meaning, I think it's something with eternity or a thousand years)
Chihiro (I think this has a similar meaning as Chiyo)
Reika
Nanami
Sakura
Noa (is this even used?)
Aki
Is anyone here familiar with the Japanese language? I wonder whether my favorites are dated/popular etc Also if anyone could link any Japanese name statistics that would be great.
Here are my favorites:
Ai
Chiyo (I just love the meaning, I think it's something with eternity or a thousand years)
Chihiro (I think this has a similar meaning as Chiyo)
Reika
Nanami
Sakura
Noa (is this even used?)
Aki
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akane, akira, anzu
daisuke
fumiko
hayate, hinata, hisano
izumiko
kaoru, keiko, kenshin, kikyo, kohaku, kyoko
masamori, megumi
noriko
ren, rumiko
sakura, sango, sanjiro, satoshi, sen, shiori, sora, souta
takashi, takako, tomoe, tsubame, tsubasa
yuri
daisuke
fumiko
hayate, hinata, hisano
izumiko
kaoru, keiko, kenshin, kikyo, kohaku, kyoko
masamori, megumi
noriko
ren, rumiko
sakura, sango, sanjiro, satoshi, sen, shiori, sora, souta
takashi, takako, tomoe, tsubame, tsubasa
yuri
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I love the sound of Japanese names, and generally prefer their meanings too. Unfortunate that one would seem so out of place on a child who wasn't Japanese though. :( Some of my favorites:
Arata
Aya
Akiko
Honoka
Jiro
Kaede (so sad the pronunciation would get butchered)
Katashi
Keiko
Kiyoko
Mika
Mio (stupid drink)
Naoko
Natsumi
Sakura
Takara
Arata
Aya
Akiko
Honoka
Jiro
Kaede (so sad the pronunciation would get butchered)
Katashi
Keiko
Kiyoko
Mika
Mio (stupid drink)
Naoko
Natsumi
Sakura
Takara
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I was in Japan a couple summers ago, and I remember my host family telling me that Ai is really popular.
I always liked Aiko, Akiko, etc. but I've heard that -ko names aren't in style anymore.
I also like:
(*= I've met someone named this)
Sakura
Haruko
*Yuka (Yuuka) (teenager)
*Satoko (20s)
*Makiko (30s?)
*Kaoru (...teacher age :P)
Hana
Kaede
Suzume
*Keiko (20s. I don't think she's Japanese though. Maybe partially)
*Noriko (40's or 50's)
Midori
Sayuri
Yuki
Akio
*Taishi (about 5 now- teacher's kid)
Haruto
Taro (Tarou) (this is a really old name, common for characters in old stories etc.)
Kaito
Kenji
Kenta
Ryuu
Takeshi
Taichi (but I'd use "chi" as in "spirit" instead of "ichi" as in "one" like it says on this site. The kanji for big can be "ta" or "tai", so that + chi can still be pronounced Taichi.)
I always liked Aiko, Akiko, etc. but I've heard that -ko names aren't in style anymore.
I also like:
(*= I've met someone named this)
Sakura
Haruko
*Yuka (Yuuka) (teenager)
*Satoko (20s)
*Makiko (30s?)
*Kaoru (...teacher age :P)
Hana
Kaede
Suzume
*Keiko (20s. I don't think she's Japanese though. Maybe partially)
*Noriko (40's or 50's)
Midori
Sayuri
Yuki
Akio
*Taishi (about 5 now- teacher's kid)
Haruto
Taro (Tarou) (this is a really old name, common for characters in old stories etc.)
Kaito
Kenji
Kenta
Ryuu
Takeshi
Taichi (but I'd use "chi" as in "spirit" instead of "ichi" as in "one" like it says on this site. The kanji for big can be "ta" or "tai", so that + chi can still be pronounced Taichi.)
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I was wondering about that. I found statistics and up until 1955 or so all the girls names in the top 5 ended in -ko. That changed slowly over the next decades and by 1985 not a single name in the top 5 ended in -ko anymore.
I do think there must have been some exceptions as I've met about 20 girls named Akiko in my life and they were all born in the 80s, so -ko names couldn't have been completely out of style at the time, I guess they just weren't used as frequently anymore.
I think Aiko was really common in the early 2000s, I once read it was the #1 name for a while.
I really like Taro, I know a guy named this.
I do think there must have been some exceptions as I've met about 20 girls named Akiko in my life and they were all born in the 80s, so -ko names couldn't have been completely out of style at the time, I guess they just weren't used as frequently anymore.
I think Aiko was really common in the early 2000s, I once read it was the #1 name for a while.
I really like Taro, I know a guy named this.
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