Public Service Announcement - Japanese Names
cloudnein pointed to this site which has translations of Japanese names.
Akira apparently means anchor in both Japanese and Scottish. (Scottish?)
Mika means new moon in Japanese and Finnish
Kane seems to be a great name to have in Gaelic, Japanese, Hawaiian and Welsh.
Mmmm, how to choose between Keiko (adored one) and Meiko (arrogant). Tricky.
On reflection, I'm not convinced that the above page isn't a spoof, or at least partially fuelled by alcohol.
Interestingly (well, quite interestingly), this site says that Akira means intelligence, brightness.
The moral? If you are using a web site to choose a baby's name in a
language you don't speak, look at more than one site, and if in doubt,
ask a native speaker what it means. Otherwise you might name your
little darling Bunion, without realising.
10:17:35 PM 
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