Help With A Name?

[Mairte]

I have been trying to figure out a name for a puppy.(Akita) Any suggestions?
I am thinking about going with "Neko" or "Nakashi"....

[Merlin the Elder]

The next Akita I get, and I will get another one when I lose Abbe (who I didn't name), I am going to find out the Japanese word for "bear" and make sure that's part of the name. Abbe looks so much like a bear! 

[Sitara]

The next Akita I get, and I will get another one when I lose Abbe (who I didn't name), I am going to find out the Japanese word for "bear" and make sure that's part of the name. Abbe looks so much like a bear! 

Kuma

[Anna Iram]

Well...according to Google Search , Neko  means Cat in Japanese. Your new pup might not appreciate the irony.  .  Nakashi is nice.

You might pull up a Japanese list of names for ideas.

[Bob of the Lake]

I have been trying to figure out a name for a puppy.(Akita) Any suggestions?
I am thinking about going with "Neko" or "Nakashi"....

As Anna pointed out, Neko is "cat" in Japanese but then, I had a friend who named his cat "Bird," so why not? What color is the puppy? If it is white, you could name it "Shiro," which means "white" in Japanese and is a common name for a dog there. (As is "Kuro" if the dog is black. 

[William_MacKean]

Akira

[Mairte]

LOL, means Cat, I like it but then I am weird.
What does Akira mean?
The pup will be 8 weeks old, he is what is called a pinto, white with blackish brown spots. The mother is a pinto and the father is black.
I havent done a google search on the Japanese language yet but plan to today.

[LadyStitch]

Go to baby names.com and search for Japanese names.
akio is smart man, manly
arata  is New one
Asa means born at dawn , and the name of one of good friends.
daichi  means large, great, as in large land mass
daiki means big, shining
Dengi means gift from ancestors
Goro is filth (depending on how much it likes to play in mud)
Haru is born in spring

you get the idea...

[Mairte]

LadyStitch, great names! I think this is going to be harder than I thought,lol.

[Anna Iram]

I searched Nakashi and it's the name of a Japanese goddess. A nice direction to go, but wrong gender. Maybe while you are pulling up lists you could look at.lists of Japanese Gods or! Gaurdians.

Got pictures? Gosh I bet he's cute.

[William_MacKean]

LOL, means Cat, I like it but then I am weird.
What does Akira mean?
The pup will be 8 weeks old, he is what is called a pinto, white with blackish brown spots. The mother is a pinto and the father is black.
I havent done a google search on the Japanese language yet but plan to today.

Akira is the name of a character in a japanimation movie.  Good movie.

[Lady Christina de Pond]

Bean!!! you said he white with blackish brown spots

[Mairte]

Shoot,lol, no Nakashi then...I DO have a couple pics of him on my computer, how do I post them here? he is absolutely adorable.
My son is into the whole japanimation thing, he might have some ideas too...
Akira...hmmmmm...maybe....
And I am going to look up those Japanese Gods and Goddesses.
Bean is a GOOD name, unfortunately taken by one of my sons dogs.

[Mairte]

I GOT IT!!!!!!! 
Baku, a good spirit, known as "the eater of dreams"

[Merlin the Elder]

All four of my thumbs are up....