We have something similar - my husband is Japanese American and we have wanted to give the kids names that would be easy for Japanese relatives to pronounce.

Dec 19, 2022 · Most Japanese parents use Kanji, or Chinese characters, to write their child's name which determines the meaning. Some parents opt to use hiragana names (ex: さくら - …

Oct 14, 2022 · Traditional Japanese surnames are more or less exclusively written in Kanji and Kanji is often used for given names as well, but it's also not too uncommon for given names to …

Nov 14, 2023 · Japanese Names I've noticed that the names that Japanese people used in the 1600s are quite different to the modern names in use. For example, although Elizabeth is a …

May 16, 2022 · Non-English Names I’m writing a short story that takes place somewhere between the Sengoku and Edo periods and it’s hard to find a girl name for my character Do you know of …

And when the child meets an actual Japanese, it's going to be unusual for an American to have a Japanese name, no matter if it's dated or modern. ps Those names you listed are maybe a …

Apr 16, 2021 · Japanese surnames can only have Japanese, while kanji surnames only use kanji (like "Yamamoto (山本)" versus "Sanponji (山本寺)", notice how the first two words are …

Mar 20, 2019 · My wife and I are having a child soon, and we're looking for names that work reasonably well in both Japanese and English. I've combed through some past posts on this …

Sep 14, 2022 · Japanese names often have a lot of meaning behind them since most of them uses Kanji (漢字), the logographic writing system which uses characters that represents a …

Jun 28, 2021 · Fictional names especially are themselves a work of art. So it would be best if you provided more input like the genre of your work, what general Atchison your character falls in, …