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I haven't posted on this board in like two years but one of my pet projects over the past few months has been doing things with Japanese name popularity charts so naturally I've found many favorites through that.

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I'll just do girl names for now because I have so many more girl favorites. (Note: I've just listed my favorite ways to write each name, since Japanese names can be written tons of different ways depending on what characters are used.)

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Ai (愛 love)
Airi (愛理 love + logic)
Akiko (明子 bright + child or 晶子 sparkle + child)
Asuka (明日香 tomorrow + fragrance)
Aya (彩 color or 綾 design)
Ayaka (彩花 color + flower or 彩夏 color + summer)
Azusa (梓 or あずさ cherry birch)
Chihiro (千尋 thousand + fathom)
Chisato (千里 thousand + village)
Haruka (遥 distant or 春花 spring + flower)
Izumi (泉 fountain)
Kaede (楓 maple)
Kotone (琴音 harp + sound)
Madoka (円 or まどか circle)
Maki (真希 true + hope)
Makoto (真琴 true + harp)
Mai (舞 dance)
Mari (真理 true + logic or 真里 true + village)
Megumi (恵 or めぐみ blessing)
Mei (芽生 sprout + life)
Minako (美奈子 beauty + what + child)
Mio (美桜 beauty + cherry blossom or 美緒 beauty + thread)
Nagisa (渚 beach)
Narumi (成美 become + beauty)
Natsuki (夏希 summer + hope)
Natsumi (夏海 summer + sea or 夏美 summer + beauty)
Sayaka (雅 or さやか gracious)
Sayuri (小百合 small + lily)
Shiori (汐里 tide + village or 詩織 poetry + weave)
Sumire (菫 or すみれ violet)
Yui (結 binding or 唯 only)
Yuki (有希 possess + hope or 由希 reason + hope)

This message was edited 10/18/2013, 9:40 AM