A Japanese name needed for my female character
 

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Well, I don't know about the actual systems in Japan, so please excuse me if I'm wrong. After all, these whole settings came right out of my dream the other day.
Suppose this girl above is one of the princesses of Japan. I forgot to color it, but she has black, curly hair. She is very energetic, yet elegant in every movement.
I wish that the names are not too common, and best with a beautiful meaning in kanji. If you have suggestions, please post the kanji name and the pronounciation. Or you can simply put it in hiragana.
Great thanks!! :)

久美子
Kumiko

Thats what came to mind immediately after I saw that drawing. Of course, if she were Japanese royalty, you might as well just take the real family name of the current royals.

EDIT: BTW, the family name comes first in Japanese, and then the surname. I do not believe they use middle names either; or if they do, its not very common.

優希 - Yuuki

I think about her right after I saw this drawing. She looks exactly like the girl on this of your picture, also she's funny and cute. She used to wear that dress too, and last thing, she also makes that sign with her fingers sometimes.
Those made me give this name to you. Believe me, could be a luck if you going to choose it ;)
Damn it, you made her come back on my mind, think I'll go and make a phone call. She would probably happy if I tell her this story :)

The princess of the Royal Family, like many Japanese females, tend to have two or three syllable names, and they always end in Ko - 子. For example, Aiko, Mako, Masako, Sayako, etc.

What type of name would you want? A name that describes her personality? A name that would describe her beauty? A name with a flower in it (Sakurako, for instance)?

I'm thinking of names with names of jewels inside, like emerald or sapphire. Flowers would be nice, but I don't really like the idea of sakura.

翠子 - Suiko. (翠) Sui is used for Jade, so you could use that. I think it was also a name for a former Japanese Empress, though the kanji may have been different. You could probably get away with calling her Midori (翠) as well.

瑠璃子 - Ruriko. (瑠璃) Ruri means Lapis Lazuli.

Suiko sounds nice, but so does Ruriko. What's amazing is that as I thought about her name at school today, 瑠璃 came to my mind also. But I mispronounced it as Yuri. I'm wondering if there's any good kanji for Yuriko?(Best in terms of jewels)

There 百合子 - Yuriko; 百合 means Lily. I couldn't find any jewels named 'Yuri'.

You could use Jim Breen's Japanese Dictionary site to search for names or interesting kanji.

I'll go with Rika.

In the end I chose to use Ruriko. But don't worry, I wrote down all your other ideas and will be using them for other characters. Thanks to you all! :)

Saniko. Thats the name that came to mind when I looked at the pic. That or Kamike.