Jackson (jakuson) in Japanese

The name Jackson in Japanese Katakana is ジャクソン which in romaji is jakuson. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jackson in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じゃくそん.

How do you write Jackson in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Jackson" is 若尊 (Wakazono). It is pronounced "Wa-ka-zo-no". The kanji mean "young master".

The western meaning of the name "Jackson" is "son of Jack". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 杰克森 (Jie-ke-sen), which is pronounced with three syllables. The Kanji characters mean "outstanding" (杰) and "forest" (森).

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