One Small Change

We've been discussing the name a little more and checking it out from all angles and we decided to tweak it just a little bit. There's something in Japan called 姓名判断 (seimei handan) which is a kind of numerology based on the number of strokes in the kanji for the name, and the balance between the different characters. Apparently Suzune is badly balanced and therefore "unlucky", so we looked for another similar name with a luckier number of strokes. (NB I don't believe this stuff, but when in Rome...). We'd already been calling her Suzu-chan for quite some time, so we stuck with that, but we changed the 音 (ne-sound) to 奈 (na-a kind of tree).
So at 36 weeks and counting the new official name is Suzuna (鈴奈) bell-tree.

It's a Girl!

We got 100% confirmation a few weeks ago. The next baby Kanou is going to be a girl and her name will be Suzune Catherine Kanou. Yeeha!

What's in a Name? (Part II)

In the comments on the last post, Mom asked a good question. What do the kanji in the various names we're considering actually mean?

Here's a quick rundown:

Leina / 玲奈：玲＝the sound of a bell,  奈= a kind of tree

Junna / 純奈：純= pure, 奈= as above

Erika / 絵里花：絵= picture/painting, 里=village/hometown, 花=flower

Yuzuka / 柚香：柚= a kind of citrus fruit, 香= fragrance

Rintarou  / 麟太郎：麟= a Chinese unicorn, 太郎= a suffix for a boy's name

Also, I've finally hit the halfway mark, 20 weeks down, 20 weeks to go. I'll be going to the temple with Sho-chan and his mother this weekend to get my special pregnancy belt at the safe-delivery temple, Nakayama-dera. I'll post pics next week!