Good name for a samurai?

[AwesomelyAwkward]

I decided I wanted to create a Samurai character, with the 'How'd you know?' eyes. I've been struggling for a good name, though. The first thought that popped into my head was 'Delta' for the sheer fact it sounded cool. I thought it might be a bit weird, so I looked up some samurai names, and one that caught my eye was 'Yoshida'. Then I thought it might confuse people, so I didn't know what to think. Should I go for one of those two, or a completely different one altogether?

 

[Ami Mercury]

Jack! Samurai Jack!

 

[Louis]

Jack! Samurai Jack!

Winner.

But if you prefer more Japanese in your name, I suggest Hayato.

Or perhaps, maybe use some real samurai names, like Yamaoka Tesshu, Akao Kiyotsuna. Here is a list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_samurai

 

[Laurina]

I like Samurai Jack. When I hear Samurai I think of Mugen from Samurai Champloo. Or Rurouni Kenshin.

 

[AwesomelyAwkward]

If I were to name him after Samurai Jack, would Samurai Jack fit? Because people might not understand just 'Jack'.

 

[Reindeer]

Nobunaga or Tokugawa.
Nobunaga (Oda) was the guy that started the uniting of Japan, the Tokugawa family ruled Japan for more than two centuries after the Sengoku period.

Those are about the easiest to recognize samurai names I can think of.

 

[Bambath]

What about Daiki?

"From Japanese 大 (dai) "large, great" combined with 輝 (ki) "radiance", 樹 (ki) "tree" or 貴 (ki) "valuable, noble"."

 

[ginx1028]

Ronin, google it.

 

[Straw hat]

Kagekiyo, Taichi, Ryosuke... Daiki, as the other user said, is good too.
かげきぃお、たいち、りょすけ、だいき in hiragana. There must be proper kanjis for some of those names, but I'm still bad at kanji, hah
Also "ryo", dragon. How cool is that.

SAMURAI JACK IS STILL THE WINNER HEH
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Ronin, google it.

Ronin are a class, it would be clich? to name a samurai or a ronin "Ronin". It's like naming your local baker "Baker".

 

[ginx1028]

Like Brewster is after the job Coffee Brewster?

 

[Straw hat]

Like Brewster is after the job Coffee Brewster?

It's the opposite on this case, Coffee Brewster is named after Brewster.
Brewster's Coffee or things like that.

BUT nothing prohibites you to do such. See Porter for instance, that in japanese is called えきいんさん (Station staff, Station Worker, Station worker-san). But he's a NPC, and names like this sometimes add charm to the characters.

As a main character (at least how I saw the samurai the user mentioned in this post), it's not quite appropriate, but no one's blocking you to do such.

 

[AwesomelyAwkward]

Hmm, I'm thinking about going with Daiki, that sounds pretty good. Do you think that would sound too weird to someone who has no idea about Japan or anything?

 

[MagicalCat590]

Kenshin as in Himura Kenshin! Does no one remember Rurouni Kenshin -- AKA Samurai X?! It's an internationally acclaimed motion picture now, for crying out loud!
Seriously, though, the choice is yours, OP, but at least go with something Japanese.

 

[lazuli]

anythin but delta
that cant be spelled correctly in japanese phonetics unless you use the japanese wword for delta