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Last name(名字 )

last name are set, their meaning are not chosen. certain families are noble and some are samurai family (most known is tokugawa and miyamoto and watanabe). last name have something to with clan/ ancient place of residence/ ancient job etc.

boy name:
boy name always written with kanji. there are bunch of ending for boy name but i dont care so here is some modern boy name:

翔太 (Shouta)
翼 (Tsubasa)
颯太(Souta)
弘 (hiromu)

i dont have time now but i will show later how to name japanese baby

佳代子土田 - kayokoTsuchida, though I like to take out the 子 most of the time. I kind of wish my name had more meaning in the Kanji, but meh, what can you do. When I was much younger though, I used to write my name in hiragana since it was easier for me, かよこつちだ. I still think that it looks cuter in Hiragana.

I have already decided that if I have a baby girl, than I am naming her Mitsuki. (Yes, it's why I chose my username).

(Such a cute name!!)
蜜気渡辺 = みつもわたなべ

Mitsu= 蜜 =Honey
Ki= 気 = Spirit
渡辺= Watanabe, my honey's surname.

Anyway, I would name her that because I think I want a child who is sweet like honey, and has a wonderful and precious spirit. Maybe I put too much thought in it, but I would want her to know that I really thought something special for her.

Now if I had a boy, I would leave the name up to the father. Though I would hint as to what I would like.

i have a question about the kanji strokes. i understand how that's important, but what do japanese consider "good" when it comes to kanji strokes? for example, if my last name was very simple with not very many strokes, pretend it's yamaguchi
山口
very easy kanji, very few strokes. if i want to name my child, would picking a name with lots of strokes be good, or a name with few strokes? for example, hajime
山口一
or something like hikaru (with 3 different kanji for ひかる with lots of strokes)
山口陽翔留

which would be considered better? since the first one has so little strokes, is it boring? if my last name was something with many strokes (pretend saitou), how about a full name with many many strokes? like:
歳藤陽翔留

my friend has very simple kanji in her last name (片山). if she has children, i wonder what she will name them... she hates "ko" names. xd

I think that is up to the parents, I don't look at the strokes in people's names, I look at the meaning(To be honest, I confuse kanji when it has too many strokes). I for example, have the Ko in my name, kayoko, which I kind of dislike, so most of the time, I just go by Kayo and take the Ko out. And there are also many ways to make a name without having to put Ko. I for example, chose a name that has quite a few strokes, and I don't expect a child to learn how to write her name like that, so I also made it in simple hiragana. You can also do that, have the last name in Kanji and write their fist name in Hiragana.

I think, that choosing that is based on preference.

example with stroke:

girl= 山口陽菜 Yamaguchi hina. name lok relativley good

boy=山口颯太 it look ok.

山口一 is not,especially since there only one stroke.

My so-called Japanese name is 鵜川美穂, but Ukawa is my mom's maiden name, so I use it only in Japan. I use Miho all the time, though.
Some of the modern Japanese names are so interesting! Gotta love 'em, though. I know someone whose name is カイ　(don't know the kanji) and I've heard of a girl named 田実 (たのむ). Interesting....