Comments on: Your name in Katakana

By: kirin

kirin — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 05:43:20 +0000

If you want to be called as Gabrieu, then it's written as ガブリエウ. But I think it's easy for us to pronounce and remember as ガブリエル. Would it be a problem if you were to be called ガブリエル in Japan? *sorry I didn't really get what you meant.* :p

By: gabrielmacae

gabrielmacae — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 04:28:10 +0000

Hi, Kirin. I have a silly doubt.
My name is Gabriel. Wikipedia says "Gabriel (Hebrew: גַבְרִיאֵל) is a given name or surname derived from the Hebrew name "Gabriel" meaning 'able-bodied one of God'. It was popularized by the association with the Biblical archangel Gabriel."

The Archangel Gabriel is named ガブリエル　in Japanese, and it really makes a lot of sense.

But, in Portuguese, an L at the end of a syllable has a U sound. So, Gabriel is read the same way it would be if it were "Gabriéu". No sound difference at all.

Knowing that, should I use ガブリエル　or 　ガブリエウ or something else?.
Could we have two persons with the same name in latin alphabet but different names in kana?

I'm confused and I guess my text is a bit confusing too. Sorry for that.
And thanks in advance for your attention and help.

By: kirin

kirin — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 11:44:20 +0000

Your writings are correct. ^ ^
Marie will be マリエ just FYI.

By: kayleemarie

kayleemarie — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:51:33 +0000

My name as a whole wasn't on there, but I found the separate parts:

Kay: ケイ
Lee: リー
ケイリー actually looks very pretty to me, and if I remember right when I was younger, a very nice volunteer wrote my name in Katakana on a piece of rice paper for me. I've been trying to find it ever since I started to like Japanese culture, but I haven't had any luck. :c

By: kirin

kirin — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 11:36:11 +0000

Katakana, hiragana and kanji are all different.
I'm not volunteering on that, so you could ask your Japanese friend or pay for the service, there are companies that offer such services. Thanks.

By: sheriru

sheriru — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:18:53 +0000

and what's my name in kanji and hiragana?same?
here's the link to my blog http:sheriiru.wordpress.com/
don't hesite to visit please and leave some comments huh '

By: kirin

kirin — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:18:46 +0000

Yes, シェリル in katakana.

By: sheriru

sheriru — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:58:24 +0000

sheriru! that's my name in japanese
is it the same in katakana?

By: Areej

Areej — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:35:59 +0000

eeeh My name isnt there TTwTT But thankyou for the link~!

If it’s possible, do you know how to translate my name to katakana?

My name is Areej C:

By: kirin

kirin — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:51:19 +0000

Exactly the same as your letter in Chinese. (I think our 栄 is a simple version of 榮. When I type "ei" in Japanese my computer suggests many Kanji options that have "ei" sounds, and when I keep scrolling, I can also find your 榮. But this character is not popular in Japan. I've never used it in my life. I strongly feel that 榮 has been replaced by 栄 in Japanese. We use 栄 a lot, such as …繁栄、栄光, you can guess these huh?)