Do you like the name Takumi Kai and Ryu Ieyasu?

Question

Remember two months ago I told you guys my brother Octivius Adrian is having a boy, but I forgot to mention he is having twin boys. He is having two and not one. He is having twin boys just like my cousin Anna. The boys are due at the end of this month. So we don't have much time to decide their names. They are pretty much set on these two names.

Ieyasu (E-ya-yard-su)

They already have a daughter name Olivia Vivienne.

Takumi Kai Li
Ryu Ieyasu Li

And my cousin Anna will have her twin boys in October. And I already have my twin girls in April.

I might have say he is having triplets by mistake. With all these babies coming, it's driving the family crazy! Sometimes I have no idea what I am saying. And our last name is Li. We like to give them Japanese names because we are half Chinese and Japanese. I think I told you guys before. My mom is Japanese.

I sometimes forget which parents is having which baby or how many babies they are having. I come from a large family and is sometimes confusing. You seen The Brady Brunch and Eight Is Enough, right? Well triple the size of that and you got my entire family. Sometimes I even forget my own cousin's name.

Answer 1

Japanese names are always fun, but you have a very bizarre pronunciation for Ieyasu. I've only ever heard it pronounced like: Ee-ay-ah-su (like Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun?). Anyway, some other Japanese boys names I like are Keisuke (kay-skay) and Ryusuke (R'yoo-skay). Good luck!

Answer 2

Before I start, I want you to know that I'm mentioning the popular meanings here for the benefit of other people reading this ^_^ because I'm fairly sure that you know what they mean

While Takumi is traditionally a boys names, it may cause a few (although, very few) problems. Most names ending in -mi are girls names and without the benefit of having the name spelled in kanji to distinguish the fact that the femine version of the syllalbe mi (meaning beauty) isn't part of the name, some people may be inclined to belive he's a girl (this is only inflated by the fact that many westerners now have a very novice understanding of the Japanese language and naming systems thanks to tv and manga). On top of that, a very common meaning for Takumi means "to pioneer/expand/open the sea" (I beleive the most popular meanings are "Skilled" and "Artisan"), while Kai means "Sea" too. That might be a little too much ocean for one name ^_^. Of course, since not many people will know the actual name meanings, that's okay anyway.

I think that Takumi and Ryu go really well together as brothers. Ieyasu is a little akward to read, but since it's a middle name it won't be that much of a problem (people who don't know them well will rarely come into contact with their middle names).

Although, as a sibling set, poor Olivia is the odd duck out, isn't she? On top of being the only girl, she's going to be the only one without a cool Japanese name ^_^ I guess since your family seems to have traditional western names it won't be as much of a problem though ... it's not like she's the only one in an entirely eastern family to have a western name.

And is Li the family name, or a second middle name for both of the boys?

and to the person above me:
both of the boys' names are Japanese ... since the stereotype is that Asian peoples (Japanese people in particular) are extremely smart and hard working, than the owner of a big business would likely not take prejudice to them for having quite traditional Japanese names ... and, I would assume, that the owner of any big business would recognize such obvious Japanese names being that he would probably be fairly well cultured. I would also be less inclined to take Jack, being that Jack is only a nickname version of the name Jonathan; if the man doesn't have enough dignity to go by an actual name instead of a nickname, why would I want him to be any more than a laborer for me, ne? That is, unless said company ownder realizes that Takumi and Ryu's parents named them that ... they didn't come up with their names any more than Jack did (unless he's actually enough of a twit to introduce himself by his nickname instead of his actual name).

Answer 3

Yes.
To me , Takumi Kai is easier to pronounce.

Answer 4

Yes i do like the names! the second one if I'm correct it has something to do with a dragon... right? ryu means dragon in Japanese doesn't it?

Answer 5

they all suck.

if no one can pronounce it, its a NO.
i know your trying to be original, but who is the owner of a huge company going to take: Takumi Kai Li, or Jack Pierce?

exactly.

Answer 6

Is that Hawaiian?

Answer 7

They stink.