what japanese name would you give a child?

I heard you can make great snowballs in Switzerland! They grow from small to big in no time! (Sounds like a local thing as well...)

Since our language is 95% foriegn anyways, I don't see any problem with it. Even if it is wierd, if it's not introduced then it'll never be known. I guess if the parent is brave enough to name them in Japanese, they'll have to bare with the positive and negative aspects of it (as well as the child).

I've never complained about names in life, no matter the race, religion, country etc. I admit, common "English" names like Mark, Steve and such are easier to remember. But trust me, I do forget them as much as the Japanese, Chinese, Indian etc names.
 
I think its a smart idea to call a child by a japanese name. Its more unique, than everyone elses name.

Although, if your doing it for just your intrest on say a anime, its not that nice.

The names I like are:

Boys ; Yagami (Light god)
Girks ; Sakura (Its something to do with blossom/flowers, which is nice for a girls name).

Anyway, I dont think you guys should be arguing about whether its right to name someone by a japanese name. This thread is only made to brainstorm a couple of cool sounding names together, I dont think it was made to debate whether its right.

@Espy : You dont like japanese names, so you decide to take a 'western sounding' name, of a anime?
 
I believe Espy was being a little sardonic as a lot of the names in Death Note are crafted to sound very "Western" yet would be very unusual to see over here. I was amused that he picked his hypothetical child out a surname too though ;) it was needed, of course; Raye on its own isn't that awkward-sounding.

Rehashing the Naruto example for convenience, that's sort of an example too as it sounds Japanese enough, being a Japanese word, but it would be extremely odd to see someone actually called that and if they were it would definitely be written differently. Sakura and Kei and a lot of the other names in this thread are normal enough though. Kei even sounds pretty much like Kay when said Englishly which is a "normal" name.

R
 
Rui said:
So a "proper name" is just a "common name" that many other people around you have? What exactly is the point in naming someone then?
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First off, you really need to stop making assumptions. At no point did I say that common names were proper names. Secondly, the whole point of naming someone is to give them a name that fits in with certain traits or attributes (or just liking the meaning).
Rui said:
I thought it was to give them a (reasonably) unique tag within their family/peergroup so that people knew when they were being referred to. If you like common names, that's fine; a lot of people do it as tribute to family traditions too. I don't personally like it. Diversity of opinion is great because it means you can populate the world with Johns and I'll populate it with alternatives so everybody wins.
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Whatever happened to being well known for having a great personality or having nicknames?
Rui said:
I never said anything about an anime name. Japanese does not stop at anime. The topic was well-titled by its creator.
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When did I say it had to be about anime? I was using anime as an example (and it's pretty obvious the majority here are influenced by anime).
Rui said:
And what's wrong with being different anyway? Everyone will be picked on for something in their life if they hang out with bullies, unfortunately. As I said, all of my female friends growing up had unique names in their peergroup; even my relatively well-known one was pretty rare. It's nice.
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Good God. When did I say it was bad? You need to stop putting words in my mouth.
Rui said:
You're a troll for coming into a clearly labelled thread to insult people participating in it for sharing their views on a lighthearted topic. I will reply to you again because you directly addressed me.
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A troll does exactly what you described. However, I participated by voicing my opinion on the matter. If you want to label me a jerk, go ahead. I couldn't care less. Just know that I never troll.

Since I'm a troll for calling something as I see it, I take back my remark.
 
Maxon, what I objected to was you storming in to an obvious culturally-influenced thread to cry "weeaboo" and make statements of opinion as though they were fact (which you are still doing as far as I can tell). I detest the intellectually-barren non-word "weeaboo". It's exclusively used by pretentious fans who have the firm idea that they are cleverer than others - it rubs me up all the wrong way.

It felt as though your initial post had no reason to exist other than to make other human beings feel bad about themselves. I want to believe you were just adding your opinion to the debate as you say but the tone is so hostile sometimes.

R
 
i would only give a japanese name to a child because i just seem to like japanese names. they sound cool to me . i don't think that you have to be japanese to give japanese names to children. it may seem strange to other people but everyone is different.
 
devilrules666 said:
also i quite like the name sakura for some reason. most probably because it means cherry blossoms
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Just to raise an arguement, aren't names like Sakura classed as common too? Especially in their home country, I bet there's tons of Sakuras and Yues etc.
 
My brother and his wife were going to call their firstborn Akira if it was a girl.

However it turned up a boy, so they called him Neo :eek:

He is 5 now, and doing well :)

As for me I rather like Akiko, but have a strange liking for old english names myself.
 
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maxon......did you need to take apart everything Rui said and reply in paragraghs??

i've been off the forums 48hrs and already somethings sparked *sigh*

guess i'll grab some popcorn and watch this one.....or go debate on another thread
 
Maltos said:
I think i'd name my son Naruto or something...or yknow, something like John is fine too.
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Naruto is a fish based paste they use in lamen - no japanese would ever use that name.
Sakura is cherry tree (which is pretty nice);
I've seen a few people saying Kira... Actually Kira from Death note is the japanese pronunciation of the english word "Killer"
I like Midori (Green), Sayuri (Lilly the flower)...

My name for instance is a made up name half my father's name, half the emperor's name... and supposedly it was suggested by my mother's doctor, as she was about to give me a really ugly name... or so the family legends says... =D

as for boys name, I would go for Keichi, I also like Itachi.

Found this name meaning site.. interesting...

http://www.behindthename.com/nmc/jap.php
 
chaos said:
I've seen a few people saying Kira... Actually Kira from Death note is the japanese pronunciation of the english word "Killer"
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LOL
yeah not exactly a good name when people in the childs year group at school start reading deathnote.......


is Itachi meant to sound like:
hitachi
or
eye tachi
or
It achi
 
Kira can be a modern name too:

http://allabout.co.jp/children/childbir ... /index.htm

I don't know that many would want to use the Death Note version...(キラ assuming no long vowels as opposed to something like 輝 if JP input works on this forum). I think it's a rare non-Japanese influenced name as well, just sounds pretty! Not one I'd pick though personally as I'm a bit of a Trek fan and would associate it with a certain character there.

The word Itachi is meant to sound like ee (but a short sound) ta (as in tap) chee (again, short sound).

R
 
I don't think I'd give my completely non-Japanese kids, Japanese names at all. It's like how I wouldn't choose a name simply because some A-List-Celeb has chosen it for their kid. Japanese names can be very interesting or beautiful sounding, but I don't think you should ever make such a strong statement about a cultural connection that ultimately wouldn't stand up to scrutiny. Though a British person with a Japanese name could certainly be considered 'unique', it's a uniqueness that comes with too much baggage and assumption, and when it comes down to it, no child has ever thanked their parent for giving them a unique name!.

One great thing about Japanese names though, is that they're really hard to pronounce wrong if you put your mind to it :)
 
Tachi- said:
is Itachi meant to sound like:
hitachi
or
eye tachi
or
It achi
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it achi - aproximately... now that I wrote it this way it seems awfully weird.... the chi bit I find particularly funny when I hear english people say.. most of the times I hear Ki....

I liked Rui explanation better, as it seems I've got some dodgy phonetics above. (i'm editing my original post). About Kira - she is right... (had to translate the kanjis tough... you read japanese ? you really surprised me. and yes, the kanjis work for people who have them installed in their computers (don't think most people would have).


kupoartist said:
I don't think I'd give my completely non-Japanese kids, Japanese names at all...
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I'm half japanese, so my kids would be 1/4 japanese... guess it would not be a problem for me =)
 
chaos said:
I liked Rui explanation better, as it seems I've got some dodgy phonetics above. (i'm editing my original post). About Kira - she is right... (had to translate the kanjis tough... you read japanese ? you really surprised me. and yes, the kanjis work for people who have them installed in their computers (don't think most people would have).
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:)

I think the name "Kira" has only become popular relatively recently so it will be a while before any significant number of adults appear with their names written that way.

R
 
Rui said:
chaos said:
I liked Rui explanation better, as it seems I've got some dodgy phonetics above. (i'm editing my original post). About Kira - she is right... (had to translate the kanjis tough... you read japanese ? you really surprised me. and yes, the kanjis work for people who have them installed in their computers (don't think most people would have).
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:)

I think the name "Kira" has only become popular relatively recently so it will be a while before any significant number of adults appear with their names written that way.

R
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I c... BTW, the writing "way" also changes meaning in japanese words... So even though they could have the same phonetics, they could mean different things (for those wondering why Rui wrote Kira in two forms).
 
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