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I really like Akane, Aina, Airi, Hikari, Haruna, Natsuki, Takara, and Yuuna for girls. I just find them all to be beautiful and soft sounding; Akane also has the meaning of "red," which I love because red is a favorite color of mine. Aina and Airi sound sweet and kind, as do Hikari and Haruna. I started liking Hikari and Natsuki after hearing them in an anime somewhere (don't remember where,) and Takara reminds me of Katara, from the show Avatar, and I loved that name. Yuuna. . . . Yuuna is just really pretty, ha ha.

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For boys I like Ryuu and Yuuto, Ryuu because I love the meaning and Yuuto because it sounds strong like the name of a leather-wearing cool guy. I like Akira and Sora for any gender; I've heard them used either way, and I feel they work great. Plus, I love the meaning of Sora: sky. I just love it, even though it's so simple.

This message was edited 5/13/2016, 10:38 AM

Mayumi and Suzume are my favorites. They are lovely to say and look pretty when written down. I would honestly use either in real life.

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We almost used Mayumi as a middle.

I like:
Anzuko - apricot child (symbolizes timid love)
Miyuki - deep snow; beautiful snow; silence of deep snow (denotes a peaceful, serene personality)
Momoko - peach child (also has some deeper meaning)
Umeko - plum child (ditto this)

This message was edited 5/12/2016, 12:08 PM

Haushinka

I really like Japanese names
Favourites are
Misaki - it has a really beautiful meaning and just a really nice sounding name
Sakura - another beautiful meaning and one of the first Japanese names I know from anime
Kagura - don't know much about this name but just sounds very nice.
Kana - another beautiful sounding name
Hana - love flower meanings.
Hikaru - a really nice meaning
Kaoru - another nice meaning
Yuki - nice sounding and simple name
Sayuri - another nice sounding name and nice meaning
Ryuu - really nice meaning
Mika
Kaito

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PNL: http://www.behindthename.com/pnl/151224

I don't hear Japanese names used very often...and as a result, don't have much of an opinion on most of them, but I love Matsuko "pine tree child". (http://www.behindthename.com/name/matsu/submitted)

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I like the meaning of these, and they don't sound foreign to me: Ken, Kaede, Naomi, Akira, Ren, Ryuu, Ryou.

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I like the sound and meaning of these, but I would feel weird using them: Chihiro, Suzume, Daisuke, Daichi, Shinobu, Kenta, Kazuko, Kumiko, Koharu, Yukiko.

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Looks like this is a perfect opportunity for me to steal the spotlight lol...

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Anyway, I have a long list of names that I feel like randomly adding on here, so it might be fair for me to split them into groups. The meanings of kanji and/or words can be found on jisho.org.

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Old Feminine Names:
Hatsu (hahts, hah-tsuu - can mean "beginning" 初)
Shige (shee-ge - can mean "be luxuriant" 茂 or "heavy" 重)
Tora (toh-ṙah - can mean "tiger" 虎)
Sayo (sah-yo - can mean "evening" when used as a word 小夜)
Kan (kahn - can mean "perception" 勘)
Kuma (kuu-mah - can mean "bear" 熊)
Sue (suu-e - can mean "close" or "end" 末)
Tatsu (tah-tsuu - can mean "dragon" 龍 or it can represent the sign of the dragon 辰)
Iso (ee-so - can mean "beach" 磯)
Shimo (shee-mo - can mean "frost" 霜)
Kon (kon - can mean "navy," as in the colour 紺)
Kuni (kuu-nee - can mean "country" 国)
Ryū (ṙyuu - can mean "willow" 柳 or "dragon" 龍)
Riki (ṙee-kee - can mean "power" 力)
Seki (se-kee - can mean "barrier" 関)
Shina (shee-nah - can mean "refinement" 品)
Mina (mee-nah - can be combined with one kanji meaning "beauty" 美 and another which does have meanings but Mike describes it as a 'phonetic character' 奈)
Shin (sheen - can mean "new" 新)
Sugi (suu-gee - can mean "cedar" 杉)
Rui (ṙuu-ee - can mean "variety" 類)
Ben (ben - can mean "petal" 弁)
Mine (mee-ne - can mean "mountain peak" 峯)
Kuri (kuu-ṙee - can mean "chestnut" 栗)

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There are already loads of names that I put on this section. By the way, these types of names above in the Edo Period are almost always written in hiragana (at least that's the case for commoners), so it's not possible for us except some to know what it exactly means, but I did encounter a fair few in a book by Bun'ei Tsunoda whose names are written in kanji.

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Boys: Goro, Shota, Ichirou, Hiroshi, Yuuto, Kouki, Shichiro, Rikuto, Osamu, Katsuo, Arata, Kichirou, Akio, and Hachiro.

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Girls: Sakurako, Chiyo, Nanami, Akiko, Suzume, Kotone, Etsuko, Asuka, Michiko, Sayaka, Tomomi, Ume, and Junko.