Jill (jiru) in Japanese

The name Jill in Japanese Katakana is ジル which in romaji is jiru. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jill in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じる.

How do you write Jill in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "jiru" is 慈流 (Ji-ryuu). 慈 means "kindness, mercy" and 流 means "flow".

The western meaning of the name Jill is "youthful". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 次郎 (Jirō), which is pronounced "jee-roh". The Kanji characters mean "next" and "son".

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