Dylan (diran) in Japanese

The name Dylan in Japanese Katakana is ディラン which in romaji is diran. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Dylan in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is でぃらん.

How do you write Dylan in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "dylan" is 達蘭 (たつらん), pronounced ta-tsu-ra-n. The kanji mean "attain oracle".

The western meaning of the name Dylan is "son of the sea". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 海人 (Umi-jin), which is pronounced "oo-mee-jin". The kanji characters mean "sea" and "person".

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