Xavier (zabieru) in Japanese

The name Xavier in Japanese Katakana is ザビエル which in romaji is zabieru. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Xavier in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ざびえる.

How do you write Xavier in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Xavier" is 蔡瑞 (Sai-mizuki). The kanji characters mean "cai" (蔡) and "auspicious/lucky" (瑞).

The western meaning of the name Xavier is "bright" or "illustrious". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 明顕 (mei-ken), which is pronounced "may-ken". The Kanji characters mean "bright" and "manifest".

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