Japanese names

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I'm Japanese so want a Japanese name for DC. But don't want to stump people too much and they will have a typically scottish surname.

So what do you think of:

Girls

Chou
Miu
Yuzuki
Natsuki
Sayuri
Sakura

boys

Yoshio
Sora
Ryo
Katsumi
Daiki

ds1 was at school with a little girl calls Miyu (short for Miyuki) which I always thought was a really lovely name. didn't stump people at all!

I think all your names are nice. they all look easy enough to pronounce so that shouldn't be an issue...

I lived in Japan for a while and love hearing a Japanese name.
I don't like Chou and Miu - just personal choice.
All the others are lovely, especially Natsuki and Sayuri.
Love all the boys names. Yoshio and Ryo especially.

I like all your boys names, of the girls names I'm not so keen on Chou or Miu, but I absolutely love Sakura.

The pronunciation seems pretty obvious, so I wouldn't worry - if people aren't sure they will soon learn anyway.

To a non Japanese ear, Sakura is gorgeous. Not saying the others aren't nice but that appeals more IYSWIM :)

And love Yoshio and Katsumi

I like Miu very pretty. Not keen on Yoshio...makes me think of the green dinosaur in super mario bros, Yoshi

Sakura and Yoshio are my favourites.

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Kayano. No one spells it right though.

Sakura means cherry blossom in Japanese I think.
Really beautiful.

well Sakura seems to be a forrunner
and peanuts that is why DH likes it

The only one I'd avoid is Sora for a boy as it kind of sounds like Sarah.

A Japanese lady I know is married to a Scottish gentleman, surname Mc...... Her daughter's name is Rika.

Fwiw, my favourite japanese names are Midori and Kamiko. Rika is nice, also Rie.

Chou - dislike, French for cabbage
Miu - like mew? Makes me think of cats
Yuzuki - too much like Suzuki
Natsuki - ok
Sayuri - very pretty
Sakura - nice

boys

Yoshio - ok
Sora - agree too similar to Sarah
Ryo - is this pronounced Ro? Quite like but people would think pronounced Rio
Katsumi - bit odd
Daiki - nice

I like:

Natsuki, Sayuri, Sakura
Katsumi

I know others suggested that pronunciation was obvious for the others, but I really wasn't sure about names with two vowels together. Is Chou like 'chow'?

My choice would be Sayuri or Sakura and Yoshi (without the O).

Love Sakura and Ryo.

Maybe a name which works for both cultures: Naomi, Mia, Meg ( umi), Mimi, Mari(ko), Ria for boys: Joe, Ryo,

I know a Natsuki and a Sayuri. No-one seems to have a problem pronouncing them. Both lovely btw

I have always liked Keiko as a girl's name and it goes with Mc/Mac names quite nicely.

Obviously best names are the ones which will be pronounced the same in both languages.

From your list I LOVE Sayuri and Ryo.

Careful of Sora and Katsumi as to me they sound like girls names.

A Japanese friend had a daughter Nanako and son Yoji. I always really loved the name Nanako but I don't know how its viewed in Japanese culture.

mumzy get what you are saying but with a very scottish name I wanted a definate japanese name that people wouldn't struggle with to much rather than a name that exists in both (often by coincidence of letters together) - if it happens to exist in english then fine, but want japanese first and foremost

I have a Nanako in my family :) helen Chou is Cho

Sakura and Sayuri work well in an English speaking environment. Chou and Miu work less well. I love the name Sora for a boy but agree that it might look too like Sara. Yoshio and Ryo are both nice.

Like Natsuki as well. Other Japanese names that I like for girls include Mariko, Tomomi, Miyako, Mayumi and Akemi. For boys, I like Akira or Takeshi. Hideki is also nice.

Don't think many will present too much of a challenge in terms of pronunciation - except possibly Ryo, but it won't be too far out.

Right, Japanese first name with Scottish surname: Akira McDonald, Hanako McKay, Chieka McCloud, Daiichi McClean, Miyuki Gordon, Takahiro Fyfe
HTH

Natsuki
Sayuri
for a girl I like and
Ryo and Akira

We named our children with Japanese/English names, Ren, Noah and Lucy Meya. You can't have middle names easily in Japan hence Lucy Meya, Lucy is katakana and Meya is kanji.

I think most Japanese names are fairly easy to pronounce, some of my kids friends names;
Girls: Nene, Manami, Yuzuki, Yuzu, Tsumugi, Miyu, Rina, Satsuki, Moe, Nagisa.
Boys: Soya, Sou, Niko, Kei, Hiro, Yuma, Jito, Haruto, Sho, Rintaro.

I've met a couple of 2 year old girls recently called Lala, reminds me of the teletubbies so much.

My brother knows an Akane -a-canny. Sounds really pretty and feminine.