Hi all, we’re expecting a baby girl this summer and hoping to settle on a name soon. We want a Japanese first name to match with our first born son and are contemplating the name Akemi. My mom was born and raised in Japan and really dislikes this name describing it as a popular hostess name at cheap bars/cafes. We live in the US and most people wouldn’t think of it this way, however we don’t want to give our daughter a name that has that type of association.
Is anyone else familiar with the name being associated as cheap or trashy in Japan? Should we not let this bother us so much?
Thanks for reading!
by Oh-shitake-naw