Galen (geiren) in Japanese

The name Galen in Japanese Katakana is ゲイレン which in romaji is geiren. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Galen in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is げいれん.

How do you write Galen in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name is 芥川 (がいがわ), pronounced "ga-i-ga-wa". This kanji is made up of two characters: 芥 (ka) meaning "mustard" and 川 (kawa) meaning "river".

The western meaning of the name Galen is "calm". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 静か (Shizuka), which is pronounced "shi-zu-ka". The Kanji characters mean "quiet".

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