Sakura

[user1474133579]

Thoughts? I'm Japanese, DH is English. It means cherry blossom. Would it be pronounceable in the UK? DH thinks so, but just want to double check

[Cherryskypie]

Easily pronounced and pretty. I already knew what it meant because of this.

uk.lush.com/products/sakura

[dementedma]

Lovely

[user1474133579]

Thank you!

I bet that smells lovely

[SlinkyB]

I think it's definitely pronouncesable in the UK, not too dissimilar to Satsuki.

There is a lovely Japanese restaurant of that name in Liverpool- went years ago for dh's birthday and had a fab evening!

[SlinkyB]

Forgot to say I think it looks and sounds very pretty for a girl's name

[Buscake]

My daughter's best friend is called Sakura. They are in yr 1 and no one has a problem pronouncing it, maybe sometimes slightly different intonation. Her parents (mother is Japanese) says SAkura and teachers say saKURa. It's a beautiful name with a lovely meaning.

[DramaAlpaca]

It's lovely.

[Glitterkitten24]

It's beautiful! I don't think there would be any issues pronouncing that.

[user1474133579]

Thank you

Do you think it will be okay with an English surname?

[EmpressKnowsWhereHerTowelIs]

I thought it looked Japanese. It's lovely.

Speaking of names, User, you could do with a proper username for yourself! Have you had any thoughts?

[Caldini22]

Very pretty name & I think it would go well with an English surname :-)

[enchantmentandlove]

What a beautiful name

[Buntysoven]

Such a gorgeous name.

[AGBforever]

gorgeous name. I don't think we could have got away with it as no japanese heritage but as pp says most english folks have come across the pronunciation in lush so no worries there. go for it

[Sophronia]

It's lovely and the meaning is great

[IPityThePontipines]

Yes, it's a lovely name and it will sound fine with an English surname.

[Glitterkitten24]

I don't think I've ever seen such a unanimous 'baby name' thread!

[FunionShmings]

Love the name Sakura. What about Kimi, Mai or Maiko, Ami, Hana etc? They're all easy to pronounce and have lovely meanings in Japanese?

[BuntyFigglesworthSpiffington]

What a lovely name!

[ElvenMoonwings]

It's enchantingly lovely and different but appropriate, and I don't think it's difficult to pronounce.

[Brokenbiscuit]

It's lovely, OP. I think you'll get some minor mispronunciations, but nothing too far off - probably just an over-extended and over-emphasised second syllable.

I miss doing hanami in Japan!

[Mol1628]

I know what it means from the lovely lush products too. It's a really nice name.

[TheForeignOffice]

Very nice, I used to live in Tokyo so it brings back lots of happy memories. I also like Hanami the same reason!

[newtothenet]

Beautiful name, beautiful meaning.