Anyone know any sweet sounding Japanese girls names?

[Jamiki]

Or boys for that matter.

We have a Mika (maternal great grandmothers name) and a Jack (paternal grandfathers name) and we have shortlisted James and Ruby for DC3.

Have looked at Google list of Japanese baby names and nothing really stood out.

Any suggestions would be great.

My DD is Maya

Yumi
Itsuko
Samiko

I don't know if these names have dated as the women I know with these names are all well into their 30s.

www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Machiko

oops that should have said Machiko. The ch is quite soft, sounds almost like Magico..

lots of names here

Ayana

Aah Mariko, the very name takes me back to the film series Shogun, starring Richard Chamberlain. He falls in love with a beautiful Japanese girl called Mariko

But I digress.... lots of lovely suggestions given earlier.

I agree Junko is lovely but there may be a problem with pronunciation. A friend has this name and there is always confusion as to whether it is Yung-ko or Jung-ko.

Yumiko

Himi - I know a wee Himi and she is goooooooooooooorgeous!

Oh, so many beautiful names. Wonders whether I could get away with a Japanese sounding name with my very non-Japanese background...damn, better get conceiving again first!

My gorgeous half Japanese niece's middle name is Naomi.

I know a Mayumi (f) and a Satoshi nn Tosh (m)

Hatsumomo

On CBeebies birthdays the other day, there was a little girl named 'Miyuki'. I thought that sounded pretty.

I have worked for a Japanese company, where I met Aiko, Megumi, Yoko, Atsune, Yumie and Naruko.

I love the name Kimiko, and would be tempted if I had another dd, but I know that dh would veto as we have no real Japanese connections.

Saya is quite nice

I know a Yueli (yoo-li) which I think is very pretty.

chika

Names ending in -ko are seen as quite old fashioned for girls in Japan these days - you won't find many people aged under 25 with a -ko name, apart from the crown prince's daughter Aiko.

I know lots of younger Japanese girls with 'mi' (means beautiful) in their names: Mio, Mia, Rimi, Miyu, Ami, Emi, Yumi etc. Hana (flower) and Emi are popular with cross-cultural families as they work well in English and Japanese.

Wow, some of those are really nice, thanks for the list Sparkly. Cheers girls

kairi (pronounced ki-ree) its my neices name (my sister is really in to the japaneese culture) and it has a really beautiful meaning but i cant remember what!

I adore Chihiro (nn hiro), it's lovely

I had two Japanese childhood friends, named Madoka and Mikiko. Both were very sweet girls so I still remember their names fondly.