Viva (biba) in Japanese

The name Viva in Japanese Katakana is ビバ which in romaji is biba. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Viva in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is びば.

How do you write Viva in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "viva" is 美馬 (びば, bi-ba). The kanji 美 (び, bi) means "beauty" and 馬 (ば, ba) means "horse".

The western meaning of the name "Viva" is "life" or "long live". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 生長 (sei-chou), which translates to "growth" or "development". It is pronounced as sei-chou, with the syllables separated by hyphens.

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