Jeff (jefu) in Japanese

The name Jeff in Japanese Katakana is ジェフ which in romaji is jefu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jeff in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じぇふ.

How do you write Jeff in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jeff" (romaji: "jefu") is 慈風 (pronounced ji-fuu), which means "kind wind".

The western meaning of the name "Jeff" is derived from the Hebrew name "Yefet" meaning "God increases". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning would be 増 (ふ-え-つ), which means "to increase".

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