Thoughts on these boys' names please - incl Corin, Aki, Robin

[TheObfuscatingOven]

Found out this week that DC2 is another boy :o. Great, but bloody hell, boys' names are hard. What do people think of the following?

Aki
Corin
Leo
Robin
Rowan
Sena

(To explain - DH is Japanese. We like fairly gender neutral two-syllable names)

Any other suggestions?

[lottiegarbanzo]

I feel compelled to say that I've never heard of a girl called Corin. It doesn't sound like Corinne or Karen, so I don't really get where the confusion is coming from. It does sound like Colin (though is much nicer) but using the R not an L is surely the right thing to do for a half Japanese child, as people will be able to spell and pronounce it consistently.

I think of Corin Redgrave the actor (only one I can think of), Corinth, Corinthians.

[raf0911]

Love Rowan - i also like it spelt Rohan.

[lottiegarbanzo]

Love Corin.
Wouldn't know if Sena was pr Senna (racing driver) or Seen-a.
Aki doesn't sound like a serious name to me.

[VolumeOfACone]

I love Robin but I'd worry about the Rob possibility too.
Leo and Corin are great too. Maybe Corin does sound a bit feminine? But I do know a Corinne, so I might be being swayed by that.

[DebK2012]

Love Leo!!

[TheMightyMojoceratops]

My friend has cats called Teri and Aki

[BoyMeetsWorld]

Shion is beautiful

[TheObfuscatoryOven]

The only name that really comes a cropper with the l/r thing is Corin, I think. Japanese people would all assume his name was Colin .

Leo does sound fairly different in Japanese to English (Ray-o!) but that's not a problem necessarily. Are you having a boy? Most of the Japanese/western boys I know are called Noah :o because it's basically the only name where the pronunciation stays the same!

Tsk, I had such a great girls' list as well.

[Cherrychopsticks]

My husband is Japanese too, currently expecting DC1 and you're right - boys names are so hard.
I like most of your list, but are you not worried about the L/R problem? Most names I like have been ruled out because of this.
If not, I also think Leo goes really well with Noah.
And I love Aki - it's my BIL's name!

[Ephiny]

Well there are always exceptions :) I guess Noah is well known and recognised as a boy's name, whereas Sena wouldn't be so much. Same as names like Elijah, Joshua...hmm, a lot of Biblical ones in this category now I think of it!

[TheObfuscatoryOven]

Ah, but we already have a Noah...is that the '-a' names exception?

Am listening re laxatives or racing fans .

[Ephiny]

I love Corin and Leo, Rowan is nice too. Robin just a bit cutesy for me, and Aki I think looks/sounds a bit odd from an English-speaker's point of view.

Sena, - if it's pronounced like Senna then people will think of either the racing driver or the laxative . Also 'a' endings tend to sound feminine in English which may not be what you want.

[sashh]

Not Aki - it woulnds like the fruit you cook with saltfish.

Robin or Rowan are my favorites.

[MrsJohnDeere]

I know 4 Robins, 2 children and 2 adults. They've never been called Rob or Bob.

[MoelFammau]

Biased about Robin - our DD is Robin, shortened to Bob.

[Cezella]

My brother is Robin and nobody (to my knowledge) calls him Rob or ever has done.
Also, I'm welsh and wouldn't have crossed my mind that Aki could be something nasty as previous poster says. To me and in my area that would be "ych a fi" not aki. So wouldn't worry about that. I really like Aki actually.

Sena does make me think of the laxative sorry, like Leo and Aki best

[squoosh]

Aki - Ackee and salt fish
Corin - not keen
Leo - like
Robin - not keen
Rowan - not keen at all
Sena - laxative

[RillaBlythe]

Robin is a great name.

[bigbluebump]

I like Corin the best.

[Queenofthehill]

Robin is my favourite, followed by Corin. Aki makes me think of Caribbean food (sorry!).

[amck5700]

...or Rory?

[amck5700]

What about Cory instead?

[TheObfuscatoryOven]

HolyAutumn's link was also off putting, Mike...

I live Corin, do we think everyone would always all him Colin? In Japanese you can't actually tell the difference. Hmm.

[MikeLitorisBites]

I'm Welsh and aki (not spelt that way) is used to describe some thing horrible.

As in 'dont touch that it's aki'

I love Rowan and Corin from your list.

[TheObfuscatoryOven]

We considered Arlo but are too close to Essex to get away with it :o

One syllable names are tricky because most would be mangled in Japanese. Can you guess which of you suggestions would sound like this...?

Heesu
Lossu

'F' names are also tricky because it's not really a sound found in Japanese - there's something similar, but the front top teeth don't touch the bottom lip when it's said so it's a lot softer, kind of like a Scottish 'wh'. If that makes any sense at all...