Bryan (buraian) in Japanese

The name Bryan in Japanese Katakana is ブライアン which in romaji is buraian. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Bryan in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ぶらいあん.

How do you write Bryan in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "bryan" is 武良 (ぶらいあん), which is pronounced "bu-rai-an". The kanji 武 means "military" and 良 means "good".

The western meaning of the name Bryan is "strong and virtuous". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 偉憲 (Iken). It is pronounced as "ee-ken" and it means "great and virtuous".

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