Hildegard (hirudegaado) in Japanese

The name Hildegard in Japanese Katakana is ヒルデガアド which in romaji is hirudegaado. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Hildegard in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ひるでがあど.

How do you write Hildegard in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name is 聖徳太子 (Seitoku Taishi), pronounced sei-toku-tai-shi. This name is composed of the kanji 聖 (sei, meaning "holy"), 徳 (toku, meaning "virtue"), and 太子 (taishi, meaning "crown prince").

The western meaning of the name "Hildegard" is "battle guard". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 戦守 (せんしゅ), which is pronounced "sen-shu". The kanji 戦 (せん) means "battle" and 守 (しゅ) means "guard".

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