Nathan (neisan) in Japanese

The name Nathan in Japanese Katakana is ネイサン which in romaji is neisan. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Nathan in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ねいさん.

How do you write Nathan in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "nathan" is 泥山 (Ney-san). The kanji 泥 means "mud" and 山 means "mountain". Together, the name 泥山 (Ney-san) can be interpreted as "Mud Mountain".

The western meaning of the name Nathan is "gift from God". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 神賜 (Kami-Tama), which is pronounced ka-mi-ta-ma. The kanji characters mean "God" and "Bestow".

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