Nelson (neruson) in Japanese

The name Nelson in Japanese Katakana is ネルソン which in romaji is neruson. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Nelson in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ねるそん.

How do you write Nelson in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Nelson" is 音流村 (おとりゅうむら, o-to-ryu-u-mu-ra). The literal meaning of the kanji is "sound flow village".

The western meaning of the name Nelson is "son of Neil". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 乃爾森 (no-eru-sen), which is pronounced "no-eh-ru-sehn". The kanji characters mean "son of Neil" when combined.

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