The top 20 characters that anime fans would most like to name their offspring after have been tallied with this latest ranking, thankfully leaving aside the question of how they intend to reproduce with dakimakura and fujoshi – Sword Art Online, the phenomenon that it is, clearly coming out on top with the lovely Asuna at the number one spot.
1. Asuna (Sword Art Online)
3. Izaya (Durarara!!)
4. Kazuto (Sword Art Online)
7. Sakura (Cardcaptor Sakura)
9. Mikoto (to aru Kagaku no Railgun)
10. Jotaro (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure)
11. Makoto (Free!)
12. Futaba (Blue Spring Ride)
13. Yukino (Oregairu)
14. Syo (UtaPri)
15. Ichigo (Bleach)
16. Ryota (Kuroko’s Basketball)
17. Kagura (Gintama)
18. Nagisa (Assassination Classroom)
19. Kousei (Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso)
20. Ai (UtaPri)
Bobobo-bobobo.
While naming you kid after a Japanese word that you have no idea what is means is bad. Giving him/her a japanese, or other cultural name is NOT guaranteed to doom their social life. There are actually many japanese names and words that have been added/accepted into the english language in general. a good example of commonly used ‘english’/(american) names with japanese origins or equivalents: Naomi, Amy/Ami, Mika, Midori, Kaya, Karin, Hana, Erina, Miya, Mia, Mai, Maya, Rena, Rina, Saya, Emi, Jin, Kin/Ken, Rei/Ray, Yuri, Tsuki/Suki, Kane, Kei, Kobe/Kobey/Kobi, Kaede, Jakobe/Jakobi, Tomi/Tomy/Tommy, and Risa just to name a few that can/do have a japanese origin or equivalent name and meaning. As long as you do NOT make it a main point and public information the the kid is specifically named after a animation character, there would be NO PROBLEM. Really its up to Good/bad parenting and where you actually live globally.
Well some of those are also common Jewish names…
On the other hand, it was also proven that 90% of Japanese have Korean ancestral roots, so there’s that to consider…
In other words, I think it doesn’t matter whether names have origins elsewhere.
Also, note that the English language is fairly new compared to other major world languages. The English vocabulary today only consists of maybe 1-5% of the original English language, so there should be no problem at all when naming your child after a word that has its roots elsewhere.
None. They are all Jap ching Chang Chong sounding names.
Either Trunks or Majin Buu.
If your american name your kid Ricky Bobby. he will one day become a famous nascar driver