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Originally Posted by Ronin4hire
but I suppose it's like English surnames names with "son" (or even Arabic names with "bin" in them).
I don't think of "the son of William" when I hear the name "Joe Williamson" so when a name like Akiko is heard.. I don't think Japanese people think "Child of Autumn".
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Good point. Even though every Japanese name has an actual meaning they don't think about this meaning every time they use the name. But on several occasions I have seen one Japanese question another about the kanji used to write their name when it was a very unique name that they had never heard of before. It's amazing when you think about it. That kind of conversation just doesn't even exist for English names.