Gerald (jerarudo) in Japanese

The name Gerald in Japanese Katakana is ジェラルド which in romaji is jerarudo. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Gerald in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じぇらるど.

How do you write Gerald in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "gerald" is 慈明 (Ji-mei). 慈 means "kindness" and 明 means "bright".

The western meaning of the name "Gerald" is "ruler of the spear". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 槍王 (Yari-Ō), which is pronounced "yar-ee-oh". The Kanji characters mean "spear" and "king" respectively.

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