Sven (suben) in Japanese

The name Sven in Japanese Katakana is スベン which in romaji is suben. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Sven in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is すべん.

How do you write Sven in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name for "sven" is 子辺 (pronounced "ko-ben"). The kanji characters mean "child" and "side/edge".

The western meaning of the name Sven is "youthful and strong". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 尊勇 (Sonomu). It is pronounced so-no-mu and it means "esteemed and brave".

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