We are having a baby soon and trying to decide the name. We have lived in Japan for a long time and plan to stay here permanently. It is important to pick a name that our kids can grow up with, that Japanese people will understand when written and feel comfortable saying in some way.
Our question is, if you have given your kids a name that is not easily said in Japanese, did it impact the kid in a negative way? Like, do they feel a disconnect of identity between how they are called at home and how they are called in school etc. We were thinking of using a shortened nickname for school etc, but could that also be an issue?
Edit:
Just to clarify, we aren\`t really looking for more name ideas. We are a foreigner couple so we are not really thinking about kanji either.
Our question is aimed towards other foreigner couples who named their kids with non-Japanese names that might be difficult to pronounce at first. Did it have a negative impact on the kids? Or result in bullying etc.?
by Murasakihana