Jordan (joodan) in Japanese

The name Jordan in Japanese Katakana is ジョオダン which in romaji is joodan. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Jordan in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is じょおだん.

How do you write Jordan in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "jordan" is 淨丹 (jō-dan). The kanji characters mean "purify" and "red".

The western meaning of the name "Jordan" is "flowing down" or "descending". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 流下 (Ryūka). It is pronounced as "ryu-ka" and it means "to flow down".

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