Bran (buran) in Japanese

The name Bran in Japanese Katakana is ブラン which in romaji is buran. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Bran in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ぶらん.

How do you write Bran in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "buran" is 武嵐, pronounced "bu-ran". The kanji 武 means "war" and 嵐 means "storm".

The western meaning of the name "Bran" is derived from the Irish word for "raven". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning would be "Karasu" (鴉), pronounced "ka-ra-su". This Kanji character means "raven".

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