Clayton (kureiton) in Japanese

The name Clayton in Japanese Katakana is クレイトン which in romaji is kureiton. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Clayton in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is くれいとん.

How do you write Clayton in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Clayton" is 紅麗頓 (Kureniton). It is pronounced as "ku-re-ni-ton". The kanji characters mean "crimson" (紅), "beautiful" (麗), and "stop" (頓).

The western meaning of the name Clayton is derived from a combination of two Old English words, "claeg" meaning "clay" and "tun" meaning "town or settlement". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 粘土 (ねんど, nendo). This name is pronounced ne-n-do and it means "sticky soil".

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