Jonathan (jonasan) in Japanese

The name Jonathan in Japanese Katakana is ジョナサン which in romaji is jonasan. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jonathan in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じょなさん.

How do you write Jonathan in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jonathan" is 城南 (Jōnan). It is pronounced "Jō-nan" and it means "south of the castle".

The western meaning of the name Jonathan is "God has given". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 約翰 (pronounced ya-ku-han). The kanji characters mean "agreement" and "John".

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