Names

[kanadajin]

Would you write your name in Hirigana or katakana.. ><"

[kohana]

Eh. I would, but my name isn't Japanese so it would look really, really strange, especially in the pronunciation... I should come up with one. >.<

[kanadajin]

.. Why don't you search for a "Your name in Japanese" thing.. Anyway!
Does any one know what to write your name in Katakana or Hirigana..

[keatonatron]

A lot of us do.

But... why? If you just want a meaning list of names in katakana you can find lots of websites like that.

[apostrophe_catastrophe]

I can write my name in katakana pretty easy since it's Japanese-pronounciation-friendly, if you know what I mean.

[Machina Maw]

Are you asking which alphabet do you write your name in (if it's not a Japanese name)? Or are you asking how to write your name?

Well, foreign names are written in katakana,
and if you have a foreign name it's pretty easy to translate, e.g. my full name is Jodee, and is written ジョーデイー jodei in katakana. (It could also be ジョーデ.)

Hope that helped. ^^;

[Mukade]

If your passport does (or would) use anything other than kanji, you would write your name in katakana.

So, even if you have a totally Japanese-esque name like Tanaka Hiroshi, and you know what the kanji would be, if you are an American citizen, you would write your name in katakana.

The only exception I can think of is the example of my co-worker. She is not Japanese (she's Irish), but she married a Japanese guy. Even though she is not a Japanese citizen, her name appears on Japanese documents in kanji (family name) and katakana (given name).

I would imagine that Chinese and Taiwanese - i.e., folks who have kanji on their passports and official documents back home - would be able to use their kanji names. Since I'm not Chinese or Taiwanese, though, I can't personally testify.

Anyone out there able to answer this?

[keatonatron]

I don't know about official documents, but I know at my school the Chinese, Taiwanese, and even Korean students all use kanji (even on the school's official documents) for their names. I would assume if it's standard kanji, you can use it on your 外国人登録証.

But you'd probably have to have furigana on it too, since Japanese people might have a hard time figuring out the reading (even if it's a standard reading, they aren't familiar with names that aren't Japanese).

I'm totally gonna find a way to get my ninja-blood-warrior-god kanji jumble put on my 登録証.

[kanadajin]

Thank you Machina Maw Yes i was asking what alphabet you write your name in i don't know what i said to make that so confusing ><"

[AJBryant]

Thank you Machina Maw Yes i was asking what alphabet you write your name in i don't know what i said to make that so confusing ><"

You asked "would you write" (which is generally a request for someone to do something) rather than "do you write" (which is aksing HOW).

Heck, I didn't know what you were asking.

Tony

[I-samu]

いさむ
That's my real name. Isamu.
If your name is foreign, you'd use Katakana.

[kanadajin]

hah AJBryant ok thanks. I was tired It was late when i wrote that OKAY! lolB)

[safaia-chan]

I used babelfish...=D

[Frumious Boojum]

I'd write my name in katakana... in fact, my full name is in my sig.