This article lists a random assortment of names that I translated into other languages. Currently, it’s limited to translations in Japanese.

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.

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 '空(そら)’, while a transliteration would be スカイ - sukai.

• Estelle
  • This name means ‘star’¹⁾ in the original lingua. So I believe it would work as:
    • 星(ほし) - (Hoshi) - meaning ‘star.’
  • For the transliterations:
    • By pronunciation:
      • Estelle → エステル (Esuteru)
        • Ateji: 回吸晃(エステル) → ‘An instance of clear inhalation’
    • By spelling:
      • Estelle → エステッレ (Esuterre)
        • Ateji: 衞鬚逹礼(エステッレ) → ‘Gratitude for arriving at the defense of whiskers’
• Keira/Ciara
  • This one means ‘black’¹⁾ in the original lingua - I think I can safely say this would become:
    • 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:
    • 黒子(くろこ) - (Kuroko) - Which means ‘black girl/child’ ^A).
  • For the transliterations:
    • By pronunciation:
      • Keira/Ciara → キーラ (Kīra)
        • Ateji: 北(キーラ) → ‘North’
    • By spelling:
      • Keira → ケイラ (Keira)
        • Ateji: 薊楽(ケイラ) → ‘Comfort thistle’
      • Ciara → キアラ (Kiara)
        • Ateji: 季讐蘿(キアラ) → ‘Enemy moss season’
• Lilian (and variations thereof)
  • This name is a variant of ‘Lily’¹⁾ which is a flower, and Japanese has a direct name:
    • 百合(ゆり) - (Yuri)
  • For the transliterations:
    • By pronunciation:
      • Lily → リリ (Riri)
        • Ateji: 貍成(リリ) → ‘Turning into racoon-dog’
      • Lilian → リリアン (Ririan)
        • Ateji: 入鮟(リリアン) → ‘Entering angler-fish’
      • Liliana → リリアナ (Ririana)
        • Ateji: 入孔(リリアナ) → ‘Entering hole’
• Noor (and variations thereof)
  • This name means ‘light’¹⁾ in the original lingua, so I believe it would become:
    • 光(ひかり) - (Hikari) - which means ‘light.’
  • For the transliterations:
    • By pronunciation:
      • Nora/Norah → ノラ (Nora)
        • Ateji: 苗(ノラ) → ‘Seedling’
      • Nura/Noora → ヌラ (Nura)
        • Ateji: 褪蠡(ヌラ) → ‘Worm-eaten fade’
    • By spelling:
      • Noora → ノーラ (Nōra)
        • Ateji: 応騾(ノーラ) → ‘Agreeable spiral shellfish’
      • Nour(a) → ノウラ (Noura)
        • Ateji: 惱螺(ノウラ) → ‘Spiral shellfish filled with hate’

• For a quick and easy way of transliterating English to Katakana, use 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 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.: 百合(リリ)(Riri).