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This list of names in Japanese represents over a decade of translation work by our team of native Japanese and English speaking staff.

With the information available today one can expect accurate name translations that can be readily verified. If you think about it, the Japanese media continuously translates the names of movie stars, celebrities, sports stars, and people in the news. So in composing this list we have used a wide variety of reference material as well as leading Japanese movie databases and Japanese entertainment magazines to provide the most accurate information available in a convenient and easy to use form.

Names are pronounced differently depending on where you are from and this may affect the translation. And so we have taken great care to include the original pronunciation so it is clear which we are translating. This is something other sites don't have and why we are one of the most trusted name translation sites on the Internet. If you need more information about a name simply click on the name below.

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Keep in mind that the standard way names are translated to Japanese is to use katakana which we show here. For more information on translation methods visit How to Write Names in Japanese by Eri Takase which first appeared in her monthly column in Martial Arts Insider Magazine.

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Name	Romaji	Katakana	Kanji	Reading	Meaning
Octavia	okutabia			daihachi	Eighth
Octavio	okutabio			daihachi	Eighth
Odell	oderu				Woad Hill
Odessa	odessa				Angry Man
Ofelia	ofi-ria			hosa	Assistance
Ola	o-ra			sosen	Ancestor
Olan	o-ran
Oleg	oregu				Blessed
Olga	oruga			shinsei	Holy
Olimpia	orinpia				From Mt Olympus
Olive	ori-bu				Olive
Oliver	oriba-				Olive Tree
Olivia	oribia				Olive
Ollie	ori-				Olive Tree
Olympia	orinpia				From Mt Olympus
Omar	oma-				Flourishing
Omega	omega				The End
Opal	opa-ru			tanpakuseki	Opal
Ophelia	ofi-ria			hosa	Assistance
Ora	ora			inori	Prayer
Oren	o-ren				Pine Tree
Orlando	o-rando				Famed Land
Orville	o-viru			kanemura	Golden City
Oscar	osuka-			kamiyari	God Spear
Oskar	osuka-			kamiyari	God Spear
Oswald	ozuwarudo			shinryoku	God's Power
Oswaldo	osuwarudo			shinryoku	God's Power
Otis	o-tisu			yuufuku	Wealthy
Otto	otto-			yuufuku	Wealthy
Owen	o-en			wakai	Youthful
Ozie	oji-			shinryoku	God's Power
Ozzie	oji-			shinryoku	God's Power
Ozzy	oji-			shinryoku	God's Power

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Recommended Books/CD:

Learn Japanese Calligraphy Lessons 1 - 6 by Eri Takase

Learn the fundamentals of Japanese Calligraphy starting from tool selection up to advanced topics. This is a first in a series of lessons designed to teach the basics of Japanese Calligraphy.

For more information and samples lessons visit Learn Japanese Calligraphy

Kanji & Kana : A Handbook of the Japanese Writing System by Wolfgang Hadamitzky and Mark Spahn

This is an excellent reference and is perfect for learning the stroke order of kana and kanji.

The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary by John H. Haig, Andrew N. Nelson

For more advanced needs this is the Japanese-English kanji dictionary.

References:

United States Census - 1990 - The top 2400 male and female names from this US government publication are covered in Catalog of Names in Japanese.

BabyNamer - Produced by Oxygen Media this is, in our opinion, the best source for the meaning of names.

The Etymology of First Names - This site is our other choice for researching the meaning of given names. The discussion board on specific names is normally excellent.

Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary Server - An on-line dictionary that does not require Japanese fonts. This dictionary is terse so it is easy to misinterpret. Also the pronunciation used for names is not given so one is never sure if the name translations correspond to the pronunciation you have in mind. In our Catalog of Names in Japanese we give the pronunciation of the name which is important.

Goo Jiten - A good on-line English/Japanese dictionary. Japanese fonts are required.