Jonas (jonasu) in Japanese

The name Jonas in Japanese Katakana is ジョナス which in romaji is jonasu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jonas in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じょなす.

How do you write Jonas in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jonas" is 譲夏 (jo-na-ka). The kanji 譲 means "to hand over" and 夏 means "summer".

The western meaning of the name "Jonas" is derived from the Hebrew name "Yonah" which means "dove". The closest matching Kanji name based on this western meaning is 鳩 (Hato), pronounced "ha-to". The kanji means "dove".

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