Jolyn (jorin) in Japanese

The name Jolyn in Japanese Katakana is ジョリン which in romaji is jorin. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jolyn in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じょりん.

How do you write Jolyn in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "jolyn" would be 城麟 (Jōrin). It is pronounced "Jō-rin" and it means "castle/fortress dragon".

The western meaning of the name "Jolyn" is derived from the Hebrew name "Joel" which means "Yahweh is God". The closest matching Kanji name is 約伦 (Yōren). It is pronounced "yo-ren" and the Kanji characters mean "promise" and "person".

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