Names in Japanese

[Amnell]

That's why you go through and pick out the kanji that you like. I wouldn't recommend going and selecting random symbols, no. The two websites that I linked to kinda do that, hence I called them "fun little shortcuts" or something like that. If you really want to select good kanji for your name, you need to go through a really good dictionary and look at the meanings of each one.

In searching for kanji for a friend's name, I actually found I was able to construct a phrase--something I hadn't been able to do with my own >_< . It was a little icky, though, so.... I thought it was funny XD .

Anyway, the most I was able to do with my own name--and I would expect to be the extent to most gaijin names--was to select meanings that fit a theme or each seperately said something about one's personality (at least, how one percieves one's self :P ) . As a semantic unit, it might be gibberish, sure, but we're not trying to create a poem of meaning with our names.

魔...............魅.....................夢
a demon, spirit.....charm, enchant(ment)...a dream, vision
ma.......................mi..................................mu

or

MMM

It's not that hard. That took me less than five minutes. Given an hour, I might be able to find something better.

[LawlietsGirl]

Originally Posted by Shanis

Hi guys I thought of this thread because you have to introduce yourself when you go to japan so you have to say your name and it´s more polite to say your name in japanese

Example: Petra Meier- Petora Myura

If you know names in your language and in japanese post here or post the name here you want to know maybe some1 will post it^^ (pls use the quotation option to answer to one of these posts that everybody knows which name you have translated)

i have no idea how to say my last name, but here's my first and last name: Miranda Dunakey. if anyone can help me figure it out, i'd appreciate it. thanks!

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Amnell

That's why you go through and pick out the kanji that you like. I wouldn't recommend going and selecting random symbols, no. The two websites that I linked to kinda do that, hence I called them "fun little shortcuts" or something like that. If you really want to select good kanji for your name, you need to go through a really good dictionary and look at the meanings of each one.

In searching for kanji for a friend's name, I actually found I was able to construct a phrase--something I hadn't been able to do with my own >_< . It was a little icky, though, so.... I thought it was funny XD .

Anyway, the most I was able to do with my own name--and I would expect to be the extent to most gaijin names--was to select meanings that fit a theme or each seperately said something about one's personality (at least, how one percieves one's self :P ) . As a semantic unit, it might be gibberish, sure, but we're not trying to create a poem of meaning with our names.

魔...............魅.....................夢
a demon, spirit.....charm, enchant(ment)...a dream, vision
ma.......................mi..................................mu

or

MMM

It's not that hard. That took me less than five minutes. Given an hour, I might be able to find something better.

I appreciate your effort, but here is a great example why Japanese Kanji are for Japanese names.

You came up with Ma Mi Mu demon/charm/dream.

well 魔魅 itself is already a word, meaning "a deceptive or deceitful spirit" leaving 夢 on it's own, so it might be read mu, or maybe bou or maybe yume.

It's fun to play around with those websites if you like, but you are playing around with another country's culture.

I would guess 魔魅夢　was the name of a VK band...never the name of a person. It's bad luck to have negative kanji in your name, and I think "deceitful spirit" qualifies there.

If I wanted to write MMM in Japanese I would write MMM or エム・エム・エム.

Don't get me wrong, I am not calling anyone bad or crazy for trying this, but just don't take it seriously, or you will be disappointed or worse.

[Amnell]

For LawlietsGirl:

Miraanda Dunakii, ミラーンダ　ヅナコー

For MMM:

Yeah, avoiding pre-existing composites might be a problem. Like I said, I only spent five minutes on that. However, it can be done. I suppose if you wanted to ensure accuracy, you'd have to get help from someone who can read Kanji.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Amnell

For LawlietsGirl:

Miraanda Dunakii, ミラーンダ　ヅナコー

For MMM:

Yeah, avoiding pre-existing composites might be a problem. Like I said, I only spent five minutes on that. However, it can be done. I suppose if you wanted to ensure accuracy, you'd have to get help from someone who can read Kanji.

I would say ミラーンダ・ドゥナキー


Pre-existing composites are "safer" as there is only one way to say them. When you put kanji that don't go together and "make" a name, there might be a dozen ways to read it, and none would be "wrong". Japanese in Japan deal with this issue, as well, as they come up with new names for Japanese babies...

Anyone who can read kanji and knows Japanese will tell you that foreign names are written in katakana.

[DragonShade]

名前はシェード（ShAdE)って言う～

[LYNNTOSHI]

Its kind of hard...maybe someone could show me how to figure that out or tell me,it would be most appreciated

[jpdrag0n]

大田賢二。　
thats my japanese name. i also have an american name cuz im japanese-american so its torabisu = travis.

[MMM]

You have the same name as a Japanese comedian...

[chin]

My family name in Japanese now become my nickname.
I am Chin...

Since i am Chinese, my name is composed of 3 kanji characters.
so, it's easy for me to say my name, just use ONYOMI.

Funny that "Chin" becomes my nick not only a japanese name...

call me chin please.
YOROSHIKU NE.