Shawna (shoona) in Japanese

The name Shawna in Japanese Katakana is ショオナ which in romaji is shoona. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Shawna in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is しょおな.

How do you write Shawna in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "shawna" is 昭奈 (Shō-na), which means "brilliant and beautiful".

The western meaning of the name Shawna is "God is gracious". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 神賜 (Kami-tama). This is pronounced as ka-mi-ta-ma, with each syllable separated by a hyphen. The kanji characters mean "God" and "bestow".

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