I am setting up a new company. Is the name 岩圭 a good choice or does it make
sense as a name ? What is the meaning of 岩圭? I found somebody with that name
in the internet. Is that a common or popular name.

For your information, my company is selling live fish.

Thank you
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What is the meaning of 岩圭?
"岩圭(Iwa kei)" isn't in a Japanese dictionary. Japanese understand that "岩{いわ}"
means rock. There is a name "圭{けい}子{こ}," and I guess the Kanji "圭" has
positive image, but I don't know the Kanji "圭{けい}" itself as something
meaningfull.

You can name your company "岩{いわ}圭{けい}," but we Japanese don't understand it.
Some Japanese might ask you "What does it mean?"

Your business is seling live fresh, so it might be better to find the name
using "魚," "鮮 (this comes from "新鮮(fresh)"," or "清(pure, clear)."
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I'm also very curious how come you came up with 岩圭, but well, the reason can
be anything. There was even a person who wanted to use a rare Japanese word
because [she saw it in a
dream](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/36347/5010) :) Maybe you saw 岩圭 in
a book written by your favorite novelist?

  * 岩圭 is not common nor popular as a person name. I don't know anyone whose name is 岩圭.
  * 岩圭 is not in this [list of top 4500 Japanese surnames](https://myoji-yurai.net/prefectureRanking.htm?pref=0).
  * That being said, both 岩 and 圭 are commonly-used kanji in names, so 岩圭 doesn't look that weird to me. I won't be surprised if I saw a real traditional Japanese company with this name. It's at least far better than [these ridiculous tattoos](https://www.buzzfeed.com/ellievhall/ridiculous-chinese-character-tattoos-translated?utm_term=.bymrnyr9D#.ss5jmXj7d).
  * As for the meaning, very few would ever care because it's a proper noun. 岩圭 is 岩圭 -- just as Smith is Smith and not a metal craftsman, Johnson is Johnson and not a son of John. But if you insist, 岩 means _rock_. 圭 is a kanji which was used to refer to a _gemstone_ or _orb_ , but it is now recognized as just another kanji used in names. Semantically it has nothing to do with live fish, but that doesn't matter.
  * The most likely reading of 岩圭 is いわけい (Iwakei), but other readings are possible. See: [Is it correct to read 黒川 as くろかわ or is くろがわ correct?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/42989/5010)

In conclusion, if you have a good reason, it's possible to name a company 岩圭.
I can't tell if it's a good choice or not, though.
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