[Nyororin]

I`m going to ask some very cold questions, but I feel it`s very important...

Is your child going to be of Japanese descent?　If so, ignore the rest as it doesn`t really apply to you...

If not;
Why exactly do you feel a desire to give your child a Japanese name? You will be giving her a name with VERY strong ethnic overtones - and she will NOT be of that ethnicity. Chances are, she will encounter problems in her life because of it.
I know that it`s currently popular to give children "unique" names, but a name is forever and is not something that should be swayed by "fashion" or current ideas of coolness. If your last name is a clearly non-Japanese one, people will probably make the incorrect assumption that she is an immigrant wife for the rest of her life... Or that you adopted. Imagine a life of being asked "Where did you get her from?" every time you tell someone your daughter`s name. Give a lot of thought to how this will effect her self esteem once she understands it, and realizes that she has a name that does not fit her appearance or background. When no one around her pronounces it correctly... Or when she finds out that it really isn`t pronounced the way she thought in it`s country of origin.

Give a lot of thought to the future effect a name will have on your child. *Especially* if you`re thinking of choosing a name because one of you thinks Japanese or Japan is cool, fashionable, or desirable at this point in your life. And even MORE so if you do not speak Japanese or know much about the culture.

If your child will be of Japanese descent, all of this does not apply... However, I get the very strong feeling that is not the case.