Jimmy (jimii) in Japanese

The name Jimmy in Japanese Katakana is ジミイ which in romaji is jimii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jimmy in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じみい.

How do you write Jimmy in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jimmy" is 慈明 (Ji-mei). The first kanji, 慈, means "kindness," and the second kanji, 明, means "brightness."

The western meaning of the name Jimmy is "supplanter". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 取代 (Tori-dai), which means "to replace". It is pronounced as "to-ri-dai".

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