When I was about twelve years old, I used to look through this book my mother had called "The Stork's Guide to Naming Your Baby". At any rate, I think that was what it was called. It was blue with a bunch of stork pictures all over the cover. Anyway, there was a section in it that showed the top ten names for babies in thirty different countries. That was my favorite section and I used to look through it imagining what my name could have been if I'd been born elsewhere. I like my name now, and I don't plan on having any babies for a long, long, long time but I still enjoy looking at the top baby names in places I visit. Here are the top ten baby names for Japanese babies this year.Top ten Japanese girl baby names
1. Hina 陽菜
2. Yui
3. Miyu 美優
4. Haruka
5. Sakura さくら
6. Nanami 七海
7. Ayaka
8. Honoka
9. Momoka
10. Aoi 葵
Top ten Japanese boy baby names
1. Yuuki
2. Haruto 大翔
3. Souta
4. Yuuto
5. Haruki
6. Kouki
7. Takumi 拓海
8. Kaito 海斗
9. Hayato
10. Shouta 翔太
Three Questions
1. What is your name?
2. If you could change your name to anything, what would you change it to?
3. What are your favorite names for boys and for girls?
41 comments:
My Three Answers
1. My name is Julie.
2. I like my name a lot. I like it because it's not so common that I hear people calling it all the time, but it's also not so uncommon that it's eccentric or gets double-takes and misspellings.
3. If I had a child I have no idea what I'd call it, but it would have to be something short and easy to pronounce in almost any language. I think that's an advantage when you travel.
1.- My name is Julieta (Julie n_n)
2.- I like my fisrt name, however I would just eliminate my middle name (Cristina).
3.- If I had a child I would name him Diego and if it was a girl it would be Alexa.
1. My name is Emily
2. When I'm older I will change my name to the name I give to everybody which is JJ. I hate having my name, because there are millions and millions of people that have it and to me, JJ suits my personality!!!
3. I have alot but I'll cut it down a bit.
Boys: Kai, Dieygo, Luka, Dherun, Frankie
Girls: Autumn, Kitarnie, Ailani, Frankee, Kiora, Kalani.
I am a little late on commenting but stumbled across your blog linked from deanne at sushizume...
My name is Laura...although my family calls me lulu (any anybody that knew me before I was 10 does the same)
I like my name in most cases. I love having name discussions though. When I was little I liked the name Emily and wished I had been called that instead. I hate my middle name.
If I had children with my current partner their names would have to be short and easy to pronouce probably. But I like some long names also.
Girl: emily (emiri) mie, mia, maya, mika, yuri, olivia and kaiya
boy: kai, jack, hiro, shion, shota,
That is just some of the names i lik!
Sorry for the lateness here. I discovered this amazing blog through the link on Venuszine (my favorite). Anyways:
1. My actual name is Kymberlee, however, I go by Kym (or "The Wizard" if you knew me in high school).
2. I have always despised my name. Especially the fact that my parents thought they were being cute by giving me a cliche suburban bourgeoisie name with a "unique" spelling that I'm convinced no one will ever spell correctly. In addition, it has never been suitable for my personality, I have always feminist, vegetairian, hippie - punk, not the subversive, airheded, girl next door everyone assumes a "Kimberly" should be.
3. As inconceivable as it is, if husband and I should ever create progeny I would assume, given our lifestyle they would grow up to be more than just a litle "quirky". So, I think their names should follow suit.
Girl: Della is my absolute favorite for a female. Burgundy,Iona,Zinnia
Boy: Draelen is my favorite for a male. Ashby,Hezekiah,Xavier
I'm not too concerned with making it simple for the sake of travel because I think these names are unique enough to be remembered easily. Also I intend to spell them as is, because I'm fairly certain kids with these names won't have to deal with degrading things like "oh there's kim with a 'y' and too 'e's!" like I have.
Hey Kym! Thanks for writing. I was so stoked to have this site in Venuszine, too. It's a great site and a lot of really rad people have found me through it.
I used to like the idea of giving my child a really unique, offbeat name. But now I think I'd rather give it a plain, old-fashioned name and maybe a more interesting middle name. I have always liked how my name is common enough that everyone knows how to spell it, yet not so common that it's Jessica or Ashley and everyone has that name.
Out of your names, Della is pretty. Not crazy about Xavier, though Ashby is pretty great.
For Japanese names, my favorite boy names are Naoki and anything ending in "suke" (pronounced su-kay) like Yusuke or Ryosuke. My favorite student in Tokyo was named Shirabe and that's actually a really eccentric name in Japan... it's a verb and it's not common at all. It means "research" but I think it's a great name. For girls, I like Haruka and Ayaka.
Interesting topic.
I'm Tammy and over the years the name kinda "grew on me". I was named for a girl in a movie my Mom saw.
When I was little I wanted to be Jenny, or Karen, or Kami, or something common like that, but then I figured, my parents gave me my name for a reason and it's mine, so I am keeping it, besides, it's easy to pronounce in any languge.
I like solid, popular names and I really don't like exhotic or trendy type names.
My baby daughter is Emily and if she'll have a sister or brother, they will be Natalie and Shaun.
1. My name's Harriet :)
I didn't used to like my name and wanted to change it, but now I'm pretty happy with it. I don't think any other name really suits me.
3. Girls: Sadie
Boys: Isaac, Hamish
1. My name is Keianna.
2. I love my first name a lot, even though it's frequently said wrong most of the time. I even have a second name which is even harder to say! (Synique) Both are totally unique in spelling and pronunciation!
3. If I were to have a child, I would want it to be as unique as mine. For a girl I would name her Kida or Renee and then for a boy, something along the lines of Yoru or Masih (spelling may vary for Masih)
I know I'm late to post, but I like name games and I'll probably be on your site a lot for the next 4 years as I try to get where you are now. ^_^
1. My name is Logan.
2. Logan has always seemed strong and a loner. So it fits me too much to change it.
3. If I have a boy I think I would want to name him Issac. I've always loved this name because it's strong like "Logan", but seems much warmer; more friendly. For a girl... I like Keiko and Haruko. Esspecially Haruko cause it sounds very friendly. ^_^
1. My name is Dona
2. I used to hate my name, everyone spells it with two n's and its so frustrating. but the names grown on me, i now find it amusing when people write my name wrong and when i correst them i like to see thier reactions, i find it amusing when the person a perfectly good eraser on the end of thier pencil yet they cross out the extra n.
3. Girls. Rowan, Alexa, Kit, Hana
Boys. Raven, John(Family Tradition), Dylan, Ricky
Just wanted to let you know how helpful this was. I found you by googling Japanese names. I am weeks away from having my 3rd child, and am stuck on boys names. My husband is from Japan and always roots for the 3 syllable name that will get mutilated in the US. Our first two, are Bonji and Seiji and I love them and their names. If I have another boy, he may be Shirabe. Thanks!
signed: Sara (like my name now, and am most grateful these days there is no "h" on the end)
Just to let you know that if you name your child Shirabe and you don't live in Japan, his name will be forever mispronounced as rhyming with the first syllable in "table"...one syllable Shirabe is not as lovely as the Japanese pronunciation. Just a heads up!
1. My name is Amie
2. I love my name because its not something you hear very often and it just fits me. I find it sorta strange that my parents named me "Amy" with an "ie" instead of a "y".
3. if I and my partner were to have kids, I think they would have to be "unique" such as:
girls: Kimberly, Callandra, Keiara,
Boys: Nathaniel, Vincent, Daniel
1.my name be Laurel
2. Change it?? Heck no it fits me perfectly this is an absolutely unique name just like me :D
3. Girls: Hisoka, Michiko, Kaida, Sarah, Lucy (always luvved the last two names) Boys: Ryu, Josh (neverrr James muuuuch too common in my family blahhh) maybay Mitsu, idk prolly name one after my hubby :D
1. My name is Anne-Cécile.
2. I used to hate my name because no one remembers it, even in France where I live. It is long and complicated, but the older I get the more I like it. It is my parents' definition of the perfect name.
3. I would call my daughter Helena, for I have been fond of this name for so long now. And my son Nathan.
1. My name is heather
2. i like it cuz im the only heather at school but I would change it to alex
3 daughter- alex sakura nami yuki christina son- dylan kai rio
1.My name is Alina.
2. I don't like my name and it doesn't suits me, it is in romanian and it means to " to soothe" or "to comfort"... I'm more a caustic person, I usually hurt people around, even without knowing.
It's like I'm the opposite of my name, so, I would change my name in Nona...for me it means Non-Alina, and in latin it means the ninth, in romanian it is a sickness due to oversleeping (or something like that), thing that is very common to me -I always get late to my morning school hours-.
Also in the ancient Rome, it was the ninth hour of the day and also there was a pray named Nona, which was been said in the same hour, the ninth hour of the day.
In music it is an interval between two sounds of the diatonic gamut.
And there are many other meanings of this name.. so .. mostly I will choose this one, more because of his meanings, that i think that represent my strange personality and complex structure of any humans way of thinking.
And second because I think a name must represent his owner and that changing him according the owner's type is not a disgrace to the parents.
For babies the names i like are:
Agu it means Leopard and it's African.
Akio -Bright or smart- Japanese
Aki - Sky - Japanese
Adan -of the earth- Spanish
Lucas -light- Latin
Sebastian - Venerable - Latin
Adonis -Beautiful- Greek
I did not put them by gender because I think a name should be given more be looks and the feeling that the baby leaves to there parents on there first meeting, then by the gender.
1. My name is Jaky (Jacqueline)
2. I like my nick-name more than my full name because i've never met or heard of one period who spells it the same. There are so many different spellings and i don't think my name is really really common so i feel different. I think my name is really funny and specially because my mom named me after her high-schools most popular girl.
3. Im not having kids for a long time but my boyfriend and I want to name our son Roku and if we have a daughter we want to name her Yukiko. My boyfriend i Japanese and we're planning to move to Japan before we have a child so it makes sense that we want him or her to have a name that the other children can pronounce
1. My name is Saoirse - pronounced seersha.
2. I hated my name for so long but wouldn't change it now for the world, although I now answer to the many versions of my name which I've acquired through travelling. It means freedom in Irish Gaelic, and was pretty unique when I was young though it's becoming more popular in Ireland these days.
Abroad, I answer to sushi, sasha, sercy, saucy (if you try to read my name it sounds like sayorsee), whatevers easiest for others - currently susha-sen :) Sometimes I change it to the native version of freedom if thats easy - liberte in France.
I have a Danish surname, and like that my name represents my two halves - my two nationalities.
3. I don't know about children, but I love my friends names - Jonna and Grainne and Siofra(girls) and Kristian and Robin and Jascha(boys).
1) My name is Jennifer. Ppl call me Jenny.
2) My name is cute, but it doesn't suit me. It's way too all American when my features are not. I'm half Jap, a quarter Italian n American. For me, I like the name Bianca or Celeste.
3) Since this page is about Jap names, I would like (for my baby girl) the name: Yukari, Yurie, Nagisa, or Mina. I feel the names "〜ko" or "〜mi" are getting old.
For boys, I like: Shun, Ryo, Shin, or Jun. For boys, I generally like short names.
Same as everyone, I hate my name, so I won't mention it ;)
I like the Kymberlee personality above.
Did anyone else notice these fantastic names that Africans or Afro-Americans give their daughters, like Spring, Summer, Heaven, Prosperity, Blessing, and so on. I think that's really cool.
my name is Julie
i like it, but would prefer a more Italian variant.
i have kids but wont say. I will say, I like simple yet interesting names.
ps my sister live Japan
1. My name's Maria Bernadette (yes they're both names)
2. I like my name alot. I especially like it bcuz ppl get so confused on how they could call me.
3. If I have a baby...
Boys: Rolo, Shiro, Akira, Hikaru
Girls: Kallen, Nunnally, Audrey, Tori (yup I'm a Code Geass otaku!!!)
1.Brooke
2.I LOVE my name but if i HAD to change it than it would be Brooklynn for sure haha
3. haha yes i am american but when i grow up i wanna adopt a japanese girl and my top 3 names to choose from for her are-Akiko and call her Keiko or just Keiko or Kioko! And my top boy name is James!
Brooke,
Good luck adopting a Japanese girl. You do know that Japan is one of the world's richest nations with the highest standards of living and that it has been virtually impossible to adopt Japanese children to other countries since the 60s, right?
1. my name is Kira (but I go by Kiki)
2. I like my name because it is uncommon, but I would like it to be a little more unique. I like Kiki because it is short and cute, Like me!! lol
3. If I had a child I would name them Memori or Nix, if she were a girl, and Rem if he were a boy.
1. My name is Jessica.
2. Most likely. I have 3 of the most common names EVER. Jessica for first name, middle name Marie, last name Smith. At school, there's usually 2 or 3 Jessica's in the same class as mine, 5 or 6 people with the same middle name, and 3 or 4 people with the same last name. I plan to change my name to Luvvies though(my internet nickname)
3. I would name my children names from anime or Vocaloids. :P
Girl: Rin, Miku, Teto, Defoko, Momo, Sakura, Ai, the list goes on and on...
Boy: Kaito, Len, Yoite, Miharu, and Kaoru. ^^
Hey- I know I'm extremely late posting (sowee!! haha ) but I was looking through Japanese names (for anime characters-- I draw anime a LOT)
My name is Tiana.
It's cool because there's a lot of different variations (Teyonna, Tianna, Tianah...) and it's unique.
However, my FAVORITE names are Japanese.... especially the girl names. My two favorites for girls so far are Akira, which means bright or intelligent, and Tora, which means tiger. My favorite Japanese boy name so far is Kenji, which means intelligent ruler. :)
My name is Asako.
If I could change my name I would change it to Ayaka.
Well, I am Japanese so I choose Japanese names if I had a baby but thats 22 years later we're talking about.
Girls:Yuri,Minori,Yui,Kaori and Miria.
Boys:Takuya,Yuuki,Aoi,Jun and Rei
I just stumbled upon this post. Anyways,
1. My name's Selina
2. I like my name. I can't see myself with any other name. I only know about 2 other people with the same name but spelled differently. (Celina, Selyna).
3. If I had offsprings of my own,
female:
Clementine - (it's just cute!)
Yuna or Yoona - (fave Korean celeb)
Yuri - (another Korean celeb)
Luna - (Luffy x Nami)
male:
Ace - (fave character in OnePiece)
Sky - (it's just cool)
Firo - (also cool: sounds like fire)
Keith - (fave male actor, Ledger)
Luck - (uncommon and cool)
1. My name is Megan.
2. Don't like it. Why? Way too common.
3. If I had a child I would him Biagio. I haven't come up with many girl names. I want her to have a name that's not as common as mine though.
1. my name is ashley
2. i like my name. even tho a lot of people have my name. no one in my grade at my school is named ashley tho. i go to vocational school so theres only 60 kids there. but my middle name is anastasia and i only kno one other person with tht name
3. hatsuharo and kyo <3
1. My name is Kai.
2. I like my name. I give much appreciation to my mom who named me.
3.Hmmm... I like a lot of names but if I were to narrow it down it would be..
Girls: Karen, Rini, and Rina
Boys: Haru, Ren, Rei, and Hiro
for both girls and boys: Akira, Riku, Yuki, and Kanon.
Pretty much most Japanese names are unisex. But these are all the names I like the most. I actually like a lot more but it would a too much to list them all (^^")
yo
my name is jimmy
i like it short for james rly english despite the fact that i not :D
i wouuld like to call my first born a rly nice japense name like honoka or kouki
okey bye bye
My name is Sheila.
I always hated it as a kid, and went through all these phases where I wanted to be Jennifer or Jasmine or something. Now I'm okay with it. And it's a lot of fun when I visit Australia ^_^
My favourite names for girls are: Ariel, Sadira, Chihiro, Rhiannon
And for boys I like Sebastian, Noah, Elijah, Diego
And no, I'm not a diehard Little Mermaid fan :P That's just a coincidence!
I would give any kids I have 2 middle names, which me and all my siblings have. And, while this started as a joke, I would now seriously consider making one of those middle names something really epic, such as Dragonhunter or Wolfsbane (regardless of the kid's sex).
By the way, Saiorse, I love your name too! I might just add it to my favourites :)
Ridiculously late answers:
1. My first name is Willow.
2. If you could change your name to anything, what would you change it to?
I wouldn't - I like my name a lot. It confuses people and they often do a double take when I tell them my name.
3. What are your favorite names for boys and for girls?
For girls, definately Roxanne and River. For boys, Jesse is probably my favorite.
1.my name is daisy crystal
2.i like my name cause its not that common,i guess if i could change it it;; proably be a hard pick since i worn the name pretty great id say
3.i have a daughter we named madison my mother gave her the middle name mae which if i could go back ive defintly thought twice about it,ive wouldve named her something ppl didnt annoyingly put together with my name we are having a boy and im having the hardest time with names i love ryousuke hiro and sleven i just want so badly to give hime a name thats just awesome
1. My name is Naomi
2. I like my name a lot, because my name meant a lot to my mum, and because my name is also Japanese XD so when I move to Japan, it won't be difficult for them to pronounce.
3. If I had a child I would call it Isaac, Erika, Daniel, Mei, Casey or Alyx
1. my names Jack
2. i like my name, i was named after my grandad so would'nt change it.
3. i have two children Patrick & Alexa, & a step-son Marcus..
if i had more children id name them Deacon, Cohen or Henry. For girls id name them Adrienne or Ashby.
1. My name is Marissa
2. My name is so-so to me. It means 'Of the sea' which doesn't seem to fit me anymore. It does get annoying with all the other -issa names.
3. If I had a boy his name would be: Xavier, Lucien, Adrian, Dimitri, Caspian, Sinclair or Vincent.
For a girl it would be: Stella, Karou, Clara, Kelsey, Bryn, Calla or Akari.
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