Gillian (jirian) in Japanese

The name Gillian in Japanese Katakana is ジリアン which in romaji is jirian. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Gillian in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じりあん.

How do you write Gillian in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "gillian" (romaji: "jirian") is 慈鈴, pronounced as "ji-rin." The kanji 慈 means "kindness," and 鈴 means "bell."

The western meaning of the name Gillian is "youthful". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 義麗 (gi-ri). This name is pronounced "gee-ree". The kanji characters mean "righteous" and "beautiful".

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