Melvyn (merubin) in Japanese

The name Melvyn in Japanese Katakana is メルビン which in romaji is merubin. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Melvyn in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is めるびん.

How do you write Melvyn in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "melvyn" is 目瑠文 (me-ru-bin). The kanji 目 means "eye," 瑠 means "lapis lazuli," and 文 means "sentence, literature, culture."

The western meaning of the name Melvyn is "strong friend". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 強友 (Kyō-yū). This is pronounced as "kyoh-yoo". The kanji characters mean "strong" and "friend".

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