A Sampling of Asian Names
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Japanese Names
Girls
Emiko: (f) "beautiful, smiling child"
(Poll rating: +32)
Akemi: (f) "scarlet, dawn" (Poll
rating: +15)
Chidori: (f) "plover," a type of
shore bird (Poll rating: +6)
Hanae: (f) "flowering branch, flower
of laughter, flower of blessing" (Poll rating: +2)
Ioe: (f) "five hundred branches"
(Poll rating: -41)
Boys
Akashi: (m) "red" (Poll rating: +12)
Chiyo: (m) "thousand lifetimes,
thousand years" (Poll rating: +13)
Dainagon: (m) "the greatest collection
of words" (Poll rating: -8)
Hakaru: (m) "one who measures,
plans, thinks things through" (Poll rating: -7)
Junji: (m) "peaceful and obedient"
(Poll rating: -5)
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Published 11/29/00.