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[Facts] Re: Tamiko
A single Japanese name like Tamiko can "mean" many different things depending on the particular kanji used to write it. If you are interested to learn about this you can start e.g. here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_nameI tried to find out which kanji were used to write the specific Tamiko from the 1962 film "A Girl Named Tamiko". However, as this is a Western film, it did not seem to give attention to the Japanese writing of the name. And when the film was released in Japan as well they used another title for it which did not contain the name:
http://movie-fan.jp/1962/00028873.html
http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=26096
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In Japanese websites, the name of the character Tamiko (in the movie) is written in katakana (phonetic script) as タミコ, which by definition means it has no meaning in that particular instance. However, 民子 "people" + "child" is certainly a possible meaning of the name. It's also possible for Tamiko to include the character mi 美, "beautiful." But I don't think "flower" can be any part of it.

This message was edited 12/28/2014, 1:19 PM

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