Jaclyn (jakurin) in Japanese

The name Jaclyn in Japanese Katakana is ジャクリン which in romaji is jakurin. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jaclyn in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じゃくりん.

How do you write Jaclyn in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jaclyn" (romaji: "jakurin") is 若凛, which is pronounced wa-ku-ri-n and means "young and dignified".

The western meaning of the name "Jaclyn" is "supplanter". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 接収 (setsu-shū), which means "to take over".

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