Names in Japanese

[Kikaru]

If I were to use kanji, I would also use a psuedonym (false name) when in Japan. In which case it would be 赤金 光火. Read as Akakane Kouhi. Meaning is ~ red-gold light-fire.

[Fielia]

Originally Posted by HaganeKakashi

How is your name pronounced. Is it pronounced like Rock Lee? Or like the e in text?

It isn't pronounced like Rock Lee. It isn't pronounced the same way as it would be pronounced in English.
The e-letter is pronounced almost the same way as in Japanese (romanji).

Originally Posted by Ichigo2013

Japanese Name Translation (Keiichi Anime Forever)


I use it. ^^ There you have it. :P

Thank you! It might not work perfectly since my name isn't English, thought.

Originally Posted by Cyclamen

Leena -->　リーナ "Riina"

Will Leena be Riina even thought the e-letters are pronounced almost the same way as in Japanese?

[melinazero]

i dont how to say my name in japanese.

My Name: Melina Zero

[Kikaru]

Merina zero. Almost the exact same way as in english.

[Amnell]

Haha, a quick search turned this up: Your Name In Japanese

It's a little bit limited (it only gave two possibilities for each sound in my name), but still pretty cool.

Here's another, similar, one: Japanese culture: Find Kanji for your name

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Amnell

Haha, a quick search turned this up: Your Name In Japanese

It's a little bit limited (it only gave two possibilities for each sound in my name), but still pretty cool.

Here's another, similar, one: Japanese culture: Find Kanji for your name

How can you write a foreigners name in kanji. I looked up some names, and it looked almost random to me. Many of those "names" aren't pronounced like the foreign name, don't have any meaning, or could be pronounced a variety of ways.

[Amnell]

Well, it's simple, really. The gaijin just takes the Japanese version of his name (Amnell=amuneeru, for instance) and selects whatever Kanji he/she desires to achieve the necessary sounds.

The first website allows you to input multiple sounds at the same time so you don't have to keep going back and doing it over again. It also, from what I've seen, only gives you two possibilities per sound, which is kind of a bummer.

These are shortcuts, though. I had much more fun poring through saiga-jp.com's kanji dictionary looking for kanji that had meanings that I liked. In fact, I ended up selecting kanji for my real name that didn't even show up on either of the two websites I posted in this thread.

Oh, and it's just the nature of Kanji--having two or three readings per character and all, that it can be ambiguous. I think that's why usually people ask "how do you write your name" AFTER they already what the name is.

[Zyxuz]

Originally Posted by SSJup81

Probably Maatinnu (マアチンヌ)...I think.Probably Enjyeru (エンジェル) but if you want to be specific and use the actual Japanese word for angel, it would be 天使 (てんし [Tenshi]).

Probably, what other suggestions do you have?

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Zyxuz

Probably, what other suggestions do you have?

"Martin" in Japanese :: Japanese Translator .co.uk

This is how you should spell it.

[MMM]

Originally Posted by Amnell

Well, it's simple, really. The gaijin just takes the Japanese version of his name (Amnell=amuneeru, for instance) and selects whatever Kanji he/she desires to achieve the necessary sounds.

The first website allows you to input multiple sounds at the same time so you don't have to keep going back and doing it over again. It also, from what I've seen, only gives you two possibilities per sound, which is kind of a bummer.

These are shortcuts, though. I had much more fun poring through saiga-jp.com's kanji dictionary looking for kanji that had meanings that I liked. In fact, I ended up selecting kanji for my real name that didn't even show up on either of the two websites I posted in this thread.

Oh, and it's just the nature of Kanji--having two or three readings per character and all, that it can be ambiguous. I think that's why usually people ask "how do you write your name" AFTER they already what the name is.

It's not really that simple. Kanji has MEANING, so if you just pick random characters that CAN be pronounced to fit your name 1) It probably won't be seen as a "name" but at "gibberish" and 2) The chances that the multiple kanji who have chosen (and knowing each individual kanji could have half a dozen or more readings) will actually come out as sounding like your name is pretty slim.