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====== Translations and Transliterations of Names ======
This article lists a random assortment of names that I translated into other languages. Currently, it's limited to translations in Japanese.
===== Introduction =====
Some time in the past I was curious as to what my name would be if translated into Japanese, but, to my disappointment, I only found transliterations of my name. This was when I decided to just do it myself.\\
The 'how' was not as difficult as I thought. To translate a name, you simply find the meaning of the name, and then find a word that represents that meaning in another language.\\
It turned out that my name has a rather complicated meaning, so I decided to go at much simpler names first. Eventually, I will be able to say 'that's my name right there!' but, for now, that won't be possible.
==== Note on Translation & Transliteration ====
Translation is the act of converting something from one language to another, while transliteration is the rewriting of something in another language/script.\\
Using 'sky' as an example, a Japanese translation would be '{{ruby|空|そら}}', while a transliteration would be スカイ - //sukai//.
===== Japanese =====
  * Aenor
    * The name either means 'rich & famous'((:neat-words>[[lb:neat words#Names]])), or it's related to 'light'. For the latter meaning, refer to 'Noor'. For the former, the best I could find((:fn:>So far, that is.)) are the following:
      * {{ruby|富子|とみこ}} - (Tomiko) - 'wealth, abundance' with a feminine suffix.
      * {{ruby|裕子|ゆうこ}} - (Yūko) - Same as above.
    * For the transliterations:
      * By Pronunciation((:fn:>The actual pronunciation is unknown, so I'm mostly guessing here.)):
        * Aenor -> イーノラ (Īnora)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|衛埜等|イーノラ}} - 'Defense of the wild etc.'
        * Aenor -> エノラ (Enora)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|榎鑼|エノラ}} - 'Japanese Hackberry gong'
        * Aenor -> エーノラ (Ēnora)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|映苗|エーノラ}} - 'Reflecting seedling'
        * Aenor -> アエノラ (Aenora)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|饗泉蘿|アエノラ}} - 'Treating a guest to fountain moss'
      * By Spelling:
        * Aenor -> アエノラ (Aenora)((:fn:>Yes, it is the same as one of the pronunciations.))
          * Ateji: {{ruby|存榎螺|アエノラ}} - 'Being aware of Japanese Hackberry spiral shellfish'
  * Alicia (and variants thereof)
    * This name means 'nobility'((:neat-words)), so I believe it would be:
      * {{ruby|君子|きみこ}} - (Kimiko) - 'noble' with a feminine suffix.
    * For the transliterations:
      * By Pronunciation:
        * Alicia -> アリシア (Arishia)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|昂蜊摯網|アリシア}} -> 'A rising kind of bivalve gifted a net'
        * Alice -> アリス (Arisu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|四抄崇|アリス}} -> 'Four volumes of adoration'
        * Adelaide -> アデレード (Aderēdo)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|艶囹弩|アデレード}} -> 'Glossy prison crossbow'
        * Adelina -> アデリナ (Aderina)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|有泥茘舐|アデリナ}} -> 'Possessing muddy scallion lick'
      * By spelling:
        * Alicia -> アリキア (Arikia)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|在起庵|アリキア}} -> 'The country's beginning retreat'
        * Alice -> アリケ (Arike)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|上犂計|アリケ}} -> 'Above measuring spade'
        * Adelaide -> アデライデ (Aderaide)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|艶罹出|アデライデ}} -> 'Gloss caught exit'
  * Arthur
    * This name has one of three possible meanings((:neat-words)), and I believe that each of them can be translated like so:
      * Artorius has an unknown meaning, but I did find a proposal on Wikipedia suggesting it means 'Descendant/family of the Assembler'((:>[[wp>Artoria_gens]])) - I'll simplify this as 'assembler':
        * {{ruby|建築|けんちく}} - 'to build, to construct'((:>[[https://www.behindthename.com/name/kenchiku/submitted]]))
        * {{ruby|造|つくる}} - 'to make, build, construct'((:>[[https://www.behindthename.com/name/tsukuru/submitted]]))
      * 'Bear' or 'Bear man':
        * {{ruby|熊|くま}} - 'Bear'((:fn:>Can't yet verify if this is actually used as a name.))
      * The third possibility is that Arthur derives from an old Irish word meaning 'stone'. I'm currently((:fn:>Meaning at this particularly moment.)) having difficulty locating this particular one.
    * Transliteration:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Arthur -> アルター (Arutā)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|蛙路発|アルター}} -> 'Departing Frog Road'
        * Arthur -> アルさー (Arusā)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|我流狹|アルさー}} -> 'My narrow style'
        * Artorius -> アルトリアス (Arutoriasu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|堊婁酉安|アルトリアス}} -> 'Cheaply whitewashed bond and rooster'
      * By Spelling:
        * Arthur -> アルツル (Arutsuru)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|海璢攣|アルツル}} -> 'Precious crooked sea stone'
        * Arthur -> アルテゥル (Aruturu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|存達屡|アルテゥル}} -> 'Often aware of friend'
        * Artorius -> アルトリウス (Arutoriusu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|有名李凉|アルトリウス}} -> 'Famous, nice and cool Japanese Plum'
  * Catalina (and variations thereof)
    * This name has a debated meaning((:neat-words)), so I'm not going to bother with the translations yet.
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Catalina -> カタリナ (Katarina)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|柯渡農|カタリナ}} -> 'Axe handle transit agriculture'
        * Lina -> リナ (Rina)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|俚舐|リナ}} -> 'Rustic lick'
        * Katherine -> カセリン (Kaserin)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|械棆|カセリン}} -> 'Machine camphor Tree'
        * Hecate -> ヘカテー (Hekatē)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|経縣奠|ヘカテー}} -> 'Sutra for prefecture decision'
      * By spelling:
        * Katherine -> カテリネ (Katerine)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|嫁樋抄年|カテリネ}} -> 'Extraction chute for wife's year'
        * Hecate -> ヘカテ (Hekate)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|舳糧|ヘカテ}} -> 'Prow food'
  * Estelle
    * Variants:
    * This name means 'star'((:neat-words)) in the original lingua. So I believe it would work as:
      * {{ruby|星|ほし}} - (Hoshi) - meaning 'star.'
    * For the transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Estelle -> エステル (Esuteru)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|回吸晃|エステル}} -> 'An instance of clear inhalation'
      * By spelling:
        * Estelle -> エステッレ (Esuterre)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|衞鬚逹礼|エステッレ}} -> 'Gratitude for arriving at the defense of whiskers'
  * Guinevere
    * Guinevere has an unknown meaning.
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Guinevere -> グエネヴィール (Guenevīru)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|供笑寐伝鏤|グエネヴィール}} -> 'Laughing and sleeping companion set as an intermediary'
        * Jennifer -> ジェニファー (Jenifā)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|璽貮鳳|ジェニファー}} -> 'Emperor's seal of two big birds'
      * By spelling:
        * Guinevere -> グイネヴぇレ (Guinevere)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|食留禮|グイネヴぇレ}} -> 'Food stops social customs'
        * Jennifer -> ジェンニフェル (Jenniferu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|雀煎耽嚠|ジェンニフェル}} -> 'Sparrow infused with the addiction to a clear sound'((:fn:>Audiophiles!))
  * Igraine
    * This one has an unknown meaning((:neat-words)).
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Igraine -> イグレイン (Igurein)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|娃博咽|イグレイン}} -> 'Beautiful doctor of singing voices'
      * By spelling:
        * Igraine -> イグライネ (Iguraine)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|市椋稲|イグライネ}} -> 'Market for Mukutrees and Rice plants'
  * Keira/Ciara
    * This one means 'black'((:neat-words)) in the original lingua - I think I can safely say this would become:
      * {{ruby|黒|くろ}} - (Kuro) - which means 'black'.
    * However, it should not be forgotten that 'Ciara' is a feminine version of the original word. So, logically, the translation should also be feminized:
      * {{ruby|黒子|くろこ}} - (Kuroko) - Which means 'black girl/child' ((:fn:>{{ruby|子|こ}} - (Ko) is a frequently used suffix in Japanese for feminine names.)).
    * For the transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Keira/Ciara -> キーラ (Kīra)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|北|キーラ}} -> 'North'
      * By spelling:
        * Keira -> ケイラ (Keira)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|薊楽|ケイラ}} -> 'Comfort thistle'
        * Ciara -> キアラ (Kiara)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|季讐蘿|キアラ}} -> 'Enemy moss season'
  * Lancelot
    * This name means 'land' (probably):
      * {{ruby|陸|りく}} - 'land'
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Lancelot -> ランセロと (Ranseroto)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|嵐竸櫨闍|ランセロと}} - 'Storm contest of Japanese wax-tree watchtowers'
      * By spelling:
        * Lancelot -> ランケロト (Rankeroto)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|瀾笥炉蚪|ランケロト}} - 'Large waves and a lunch box in a hearth with a tadpole'
  * Lilian (and variations thereof)
    * This name is a variant of 'Lily'((:neat-words)) which is a flower, and Japanese has a direct name:
      * {{ruby|百合|ゆり}} - (Yuri)
    * For the transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Lily -> リリ (Riri)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|貍成|リリ}} -> 'Turning into racoon-dog'
        * Lilian -> リリアン (Ririan)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|入鮟|リリアン}} -> 'Entering angler-fish'
        * Liliana -> リリアナ (Ririana)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|入孔|リリアナ}} -> 'Entering hole'
  * Maybel (and variations thereof)
    * This name means 'lovable'((:neat-words)). 可愛い(Kawaii) is close in meaning to this so:
      * {{ruby|可愛|あい}} - (Ai)
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Maybel -> メイベル (Meiberu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|馬鋳缶児|メイベル}} -> 'Horse minting a tin child'
        * Amabel -> アマベル (Amaberu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|稱摩米螻|アマベル}} -> 'Call the rubbing rice Mole Cricket'
      * By spelling:
        * Maybel -> マユベル (Mayuberu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|牧油罐褸|マユベル}} -> 'Pasture oil, tin rags'
        * Mabel -> マベル (Maberu)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|米留|マベル}} -> 'Rice Stop' or 'Stop America'
  * Niamh
    * This name has the same meaning as Noor, so refer to that for translations.
    * Transliterations:
      * By Pronunciation((:fn:>I'm doing my best here, it //is// Irish after all.)):
        * Niamh -> ニィアワ (Nyiawa)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|駑朝輪|ニィアワ}} - 'Slow horse dynasty ring'
        * Niamh -> ニィーワ (Nyīwa)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|若房|ニィーワ}} - 'Youthful tuft'
        * Niamh -> ニィアヴェ (Nyiave)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|儿有挾|ニィアヴェ}} - 'Legs of existence sandwiched'
        * Niamh -> ニィーヴェ (Nyīve)
        * Ateji: {{ruby|駑米|ニィーヴェ}} - 'Slow Horse Rice' or 'Slow Horse America'
        * Nia -> ニア (Nia)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|泥充|ニア}} - 'Mud-full'
        * Neve -> ニーヴァ (Nīva)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|岻招|ニーヴァ}} - 'Name of a mountain beckons'
      * By Spelling:
        * Niamh -> ニアムハ (Niamuha)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|尼厚霧播|ニアムハ}} - 'Nun in a thick fog planting'
        * Neve -> ネヴェ (Neve)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|嶺廛|ネヴェ}} - 'Summit of a fine residence'
        * Nia -> ニア (Nia)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|迯讐|ニア}} - 'Escape the enemy'
  * Nimuë
    * This name's meaning is unknown, so I'll only provide transliterations.
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Nimuë -> ニムエ (Nimue)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|煎鶩誉|ニムエ}} -> 'Infusing a domestic duck with glory'
  * Noor (and variations thereof)
    * This name means 'light'((:neat-words)) in the original lingua, so I believe it would become:
      * {{ruby|光|ひかり}} - (Hikari) - which means 'light.'
    * For the transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Nora/Norah -> ノラ (Nora)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|苗|ノラ}} -> 'Seedling'
        * Nura/Noora -> ヌラ (Nura)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|褪蠡|ヌラ}} -> 'Worm-eaten fade'
      * By spelling:
        * Noora -> ノーラ (Nōra)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|応騾|ノーラ}} -> 'Agreeable spiral shellfish'
        * Nour(a) -> ノウラ (Noura)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|惱螺|ノウラ}} -> 'Spiral shellfish filled with hate'
  * Uther
    * This name's meaning is unknown, so I'll only provide transliterations.
    * Transliterations:
      * By pronunciation:
        * Uther -> ウウサ (Ūsa)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|茹総|ウウサ}} -> 'Boil whole'
      * By spelling:
        * Uther -> ウタヘル (Utaheru)
          * Ateji: {{ruby|碓高舳児|ウタヘル}} -> 'A quantity of mortars on the prow with a child'
===== Trivilinks =====
  * For a quick and easy way of transliterating English to Katakana, use [[https://www.sljfaq.org/cgi/e2k.cgi|this converter]] by the sljfaq.
  * I've (perhaps temporarily or not) added ateji transcriptions of the various transliterations, as a little bonus. I'm using the sljfaq [[https://www.sljfaq.org/cgi/name-kanji.cgi|converter]] for that.
    * **Note 1 on Ateji**: I base the meanings off of the meanings of the individual Kanji characters, which I then try to 'convert' into something that makes sense.
    * **Note 2 on Ateji**: These are really more for fun than anything else. If, for whatever reason, you want to actually use Kanji with original pronunciations, I would recommend just using the translated kanji, and then assigning it the original pronunciation. Ex.: {{ruby|百合|リリ}}(Riri).
  * I use BehindTheName to find the meanings of names. I would use a proper etymological dictionary, but I don't own any.
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