DH and I are both originally from Brazil, and are expecting our first baby. My family is part German, DH is half Japanese, and the baby will be born in the UK. It leaves us with a British/Brazilian/Japanese/German boy to name.
We wanted something traditional (not a made up name), that works well at least in English and Portuguese, that fits a Japanese-looking boy, and that is not too common!
We don?t want anything too Japanese, but on the other hand he will be mixed race, so anything like Fritz or Olaf is completely out!
So far I like Joachim, as it is reasonably usual in Brazil and is also used in several other countries (in Portuguese would be spelt Joaquim, in Spanish Joaquin, in German Joachim).
Do you think it is too weird? Would anyone have any problem to pronounce it?
Any risk of people shortening it?
I welcome other suggestions as well.
PS: He won?t have a middle name. It will be First name + my family name (German) + Husband?s family name (Japanese).
(Yes, it all sounds like a puzzle to me).