Japanese Inspired Boy Names!

Hey there! After everyone convinced us we were having a little girl, we went against our gut and started planning for a girl. Guess what?! Our gut was right and it's a little boy! We couldn't be more excited! Except...we can't find a name that we like.

We're looking for a name that works in English, French but with Japanese origins. We had found Nora which bonus is the hubby's name backwards for a little girl that was Japanese, french and English! But we have no such luck finding anything for boys.

At the moment we have Kai and Hiro, but they don't translate well in French. Kai in French (caille) is quail. Hiro, named after an uncle who passed, sounds a little too classic but would love a spin on it.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated!

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Kai is really one of my favourite names...its also getting quite famous these days.
I also like Ren & Akira

Tomo or Sora have lovely meanings

Ryo (Rio) or Ken 💙

Hideo, Kenzo, Yui

Ren!!! my sons dad loved it but we went with the Latin spelling Renn for our son 😊

Kenji
Taiji
Naoki
Yuu

I know a Japanese lady who named her baby boy Haruto and I love it it’s easily pronounced and spelled in English and I don’t foresee it being an issue in French either

Kenta, Taiki

I looked after a little Japanese boy called Nori :) x

Hi! My boys are half Japanese and named Kenzo & Kai :) other names on our list included Ren, Noa, Masaru, & Kazuya. We also had way more names for potential girls - why are girl names so much easier??

Yuki

Niko

Shun, atsushi, kazuma, minoru, takumi, Akira, yutaka

I named my daughter Komrebi. That’s fun…. Hahahaha

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