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On 10/29/2023 7:04 AM, Jim wrote:
> On Sun, 29 Oct 2023 02:00:40 -0000 (UTC), Spiros Bousbouras wrote:
> 
>> I am referring to the name  恵里香 .Is this influenced by the European
>> name which sounds the same (assuming that it does sound the same ,
>> I haven't actually heard  恵里香  pronounced) or is the similarity a
>> coincidence ? Does the name mean something ? I know the meaning of the
>> individual kanji but my dictionary doesn't say anything about the
>> combination.
> 
> The characters are being used for their pronunciation, their
> phonetic value:  E RI KA.
> 
> As is common, there are other pronunciations (readings) for
> these kanji, so you may need to know which of the possibilities
> is intended or possible.
> 
> Cheers!
> 
> jim b.
> 


恵里香  -- is there another reading?

Other common names (like this one, a Hybrid names) are:

   rica (rika)
   Lisa, Risa ,

Arisa,  Alyssa

Naomi