Patterson (pataason) in Japanese

The name Patterson in Japanese Katakana is パタアソン which in romaji is pataason. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Patterson in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ぱたあそん.

How do you write Patterson in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "patterson" is 八田尊 (hachi-ta-son), which is pronounced "hah-chee-tah-sohn". The kanji characters mean "eight rice fields".

The western meaning of the name Patterson is "son of Patrick". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is パターソン (Pata-son), which is composed of two characters: パタ (pa-ta) which means "to fly" and ソン (son) which means "son". The Kanji name therefore translates to "son who flies".

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