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Zzonkmiles
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[quote="Henry_Cowell"]Why don't you all just accept the fact that fox WANTS a Japanese name? So give him one. Please suggest some Japanese names that fit his character and personality.
[b]Examples[/b]
ばか者
知識がない[/quote]
Tee hee! 
天然 and 矛盾 also come to mind.
Some names that work well in both Japanese and English that I can think of include:
Girls:
Naomi
Eri/Erika
Emi
Nana
Miki
Aya
Mari/Marie
Kimi (Kim)
Megumi (Meg)
Boys:
Ken/Kenichi/Kenji/Kentaro/Kensuke
???????
At the risk of taking this thread in a new direction, I'll touch upon Japanese names and how they might come across back in your home country.
If you're concerned about bringing your biracial children back to your home country, you might want to avoid these names in order to reduce teasing from other children: Junko (junk), Saiko (obviously), anything with Nobu (knob), anything with Tomo (homo), anything with Fumi or Rumi (for some reason, these phonemes together come across as clownish to a lot of people), Shinobu (video game character), names ending with -ho ("Miho," for example, will probably have a rough time in junior high and high school), or any name that is unusually difficult to pronounce (Yasutsugu or Ryosuke, for example). Any other examples? |
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maya.the.bee
Joined: 23 Sep 2005
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I can definitely relate to the strange name situation. Throughout school, my teachers would go through the roster reading first names and then "uh... miss t___?" I'm not sure if it was better that they didn't try saying my name or if they tried & completely butchered it. I've even been called maaco (as in "uh oh, better get...").
As for giving your children ethnic names, I say go for it. My name is part of my story and I couldn't imagine being a Jessica. |
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fox1
Joined: 22 Feb 2005
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| why is it strange. It's not strange in China, in Italy, in France.. |
You think it isn't strange to run around Italy calling yourself "Adamo"?? Italians would think you were taking the p**s.
Lynn,
I liked your list of "international names" but would you really consider calling your kid "Mimi" in Japan? I suppose you could have Hana too. Number three could be Nodo maybe for a boy |
yo freddie.
ahhhhhhh no, i don't think it's strange to introduce yourself in Italy as Christiano, if your name is Christian.
(by the way.... this is not the only kind of name-changing that works... like I say, in China it works fine).
It'd be normal to intro yourself to friends and people as Christiano |
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Lynn
Joined: 28 Jan 2003
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Location: in between
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 6:25 am Post subject: |
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| Zzonkmiles wrote: |
| Henry_Cowell wrote: |
Why don't you all just accept the fact that fox WANTS a Japanese name? So give him one. Please suggest some Japanese names that fit his character and personality.
Examples
ばか者
知識がない |
Tee hee!
天然 and 矛盾 also come to mind.
Some names that work well in both Japanese and English that I can think of include:
Girls:
Naomi
Eri/Erika
Emi
Nana
Miki
Aya
Mari/Marie
Kimi (Kim)
Megumi (Meg)
Boys:
Ken/Kenichi/Kenji/Kentaro/Kensuke
???????
At the risk of taking this thread in a new direction, I'll touch upon Japanese names and how they might come across back in your home country.
If you're concerned about bringing your biracial children back to your home country, you might want to avoid these names in order to reduce teasing from other children: Junko (junk), Saiko (obviously), anything with Nobu (knob), anything with Tomo (homo), anything with Fumi or Rumi (for some reason, these phonemes together come across as clownish to a lot of people), Shinobu (video game character), names ending with -ho ("Miho," for example, will probably have a rough time in junior high and high school), or any name that is unusually difficult to pronounce (Yasutsugu or Ryosuke, for example). Any other examples? |
Great examples. I also love the name Naomi. (pronounced Japanese way).
Yuki is such a cute name, but might sound like "yucky" . Yumi is also cute. but "Yummy" not so much.
I'd have to disagree with "Tomo" though. And my sister in law's nickname is Mimi-chan. (not ear)  |
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lajzar
Joined: 09 Feb 2003
Posts: 647
Location: Saitama-ken, Japan
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:37 am Post subject: |
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| You forgot to mention... never name your daughters "Mami", unless you want your future sons-in-law to have issues. |
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stretch
Joined: 28 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 10:49 am Post subject: names |
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on that topic...we named our daughter Miya. Utsukishi for Mi and the ya is the same ya in Yakyu. (Although a lot of people first read it as Mino)
Here in Canada now, everyone can see and read Miya no problem as it is definetely a westernized name spelt different.
We were at a loss for a good boys name (with the exception of Ken/Gen - already his uncle) so we put his Japanese name in the middle. |
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Brooks
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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Location: Sagamihara
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| Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 11:15 am Post subject: |
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Go, Yu, and Mi.
Leo is a good name for boys. |
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