Stephen (sutefen) in Japanese

The name Stephen in Japanese Katakana is ステフェン which in romaji is sutefen. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Stephen in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is すてふぇん.

How do you write Stephen in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Stephen" would be ステファン (Sute-fa-n). The kanji characters for this name are 史 (shi) meaning "history" and 丹 (tan) meaning "red".

The western meaning of the name Stephen is "crown" or "garland". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 王冠 (ō-kanmuri), which is pronounced "oh-kahn-moo-ree". The kanji 王 (ō) means "king" or "sovereign", and 冠 (kanmuri) means "crown" or "garland".

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