User blog comment:DragonBladeJutsu/DragonBladeJutsu'sBlog: Making a Believable Character: The Name Game/@comment-13970942-20140314205147

One handy trick, which I picked up from the naming conventions of Bleach, is that a sound in japanese can have multiple meanings and interpretations based on the characters that comprise it. This allows you to create a name that can have multiple meanings based on interpretation... ideally, all of them should somehow relate to the character in a meaningful way.

For example, The name Kisei Kumo means "Death Cloud" in japanese when spelled using 規正 雲. Using different characters, it can also mean "Parasitic Spider". Kisei was born with a lethal condition, and he came from the hidden village in the clouds. He has a parasitic ability to absorb chakra, and his motif is spiders.