How do Japanese people name their kids?

Basically they make their kids' name from sounds and meaning of Kanji. hide ひで => generally kanji is 秀 that means roughly "excellent". yuu ゆう => if kanji is 優 then it means "friendly" or "great" and so on. Parents name their kids name that is they hope their kids to be. read more

Uncultured parents name their kids strange names. For example , kanji is 天使 and pronounce is "enjeru". it is generally pronounced "tenshi". generally means "angel". People guess strange name people's parent must be uncultured. So employers hire them. Strange names are called DQN (DOKYUN) NAME. Uncultured parents call strange names "kirakira" name. read more

That’s why my first few kids have their Japanese names in the middle, the place of Name Shame, the same way you’d lock a crazy aunt in the attic. People surprised me—not only did they accept my kids’ Japanese names, they really seemed to like them. read more

Personal names. In Japan, the given name is used very rarely except for children. Most of the time, people are referred to using their surname only. Japanese personal names are usually written in kanji, although some people, usually women, may have all or part of their name in hiragana or katakana. read more