Bernie (baanii) in Japanese

The name Bernie in Japanese Katakana is バアニイ which in romaji is baanii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Bernie in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ばあにい.

How do you write Bernie in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Bernie" is 番仁 (pronounced "ba-ni"), which means "guardian".

The western meaning of the name Bernie is "strong, brave bear". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 熊勇 (Kuma Isamu). It is pronounced ku-ma-i-sa-mu and it means "brave bear".

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