[Opinions] Some Japanese names
Mika
Nana
Jun
Miwa
Yua
Noa
Kiyona
WDYT?
Is them usable?
Nana
Jun
Miwa
Yua
Noa
Kiyona
WDYT?
Is them usable?
Replies
Nana is usable for ya grandma lol!!
Mika - Definitely usable, but my first association is with the camp male singer by that name.
Nana - Very granny-ish in an English-speaking context, but it could work.
Jun - Well it's pronounced just like June, so probably usable, though I bet a lot of people would pronounce it JUHN from the spelling.
Miwa - Cute, but I think it would sound strange in a non-Japanese context. I prefer Misa.
Yua - Perhaps best left to people of that culture. In English usage it sounds very East Asian (I think there's a Hmong girl in Gran Torino called this) and might cause "you are..." jokes. I prefer Yuna (Yuuna).
Noa - Usable and I like it. Unfortunately people might assume it's a male name because of Noah.
Kiyona - Quite nice, though I'd spell it Kiona so people would be more likely to get the pronunciation right.
Nana - Very granny-ish in an English-speaking context, but it could work.
Jun - Well it's pronounced just like June, so probably usable, though I bet a lot of people would pronounce it JUHN from the spelling.
Miwa - Cute, but I think it would sound strange in a non-Japanese context. I prefer Misa.
Yua - Perhaps best left to people of that culture. In English usage it sounds very East Asian (I think there's a Hmong girl in Gran Torino called this) and might cause "you are..." jokes. I prefer Yuna (Yuuna).
Noa - Usable and I like it. Unfortunately people might assume it's a male name because of Noah.
Kiyona - Quite nice, though I'd spell it Kiona so people would be more likely to get the pronunciation right.
This message was edited 10/20/2012, 9:19 AM
Nana is a nn for a grandmother her, so that's off the list (English speaking countries, at least).
Mika- This is also a Polish name, I believe. There's a reporter here, Mika Brzezinski, whose parents are from Poland.
Jun- looks like misspelling of June, but useable.
Noa- looks like mispelling of Noah, but useable.
Miwa and Kiyona don't remind me of anything, so I can see people just saying "foreign name", so they're useable.
Mika- This is also a Polish name, I believe. There's a reporter here, Mika Brzezinski, whose parents are from Poland.
Jun- looks like misspelling of June, but useable.
Noa- looks like mispelling of Noah, but useable.
Miwa and Kiyona don't remind me of anything, so I can see people just saying "foreign name", so they're useable.