I don't know why no one else seems to think デイミエン would do it.  Print it in out and ask a Japanese person to read it out with out telling them you are trying to spell "Damian".  For one, the DA in DAmian isn't pronouned ダ.  Nor is the ダ in AN at the end either pronounced this way.  ダミアン will sound like DAH-MI-AHN.  Totally not what you are after.  And to the guy who thought デイ would sound weird, are you not considering the fact that when デイ is written, it sounds like english word "day"?  DAY-MI-EN  is how it should sound, and these are all possible with デイミエン.

In case you're confused, デイ is not pronounced DEH-II.  I don't know why you would say it's weird.

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Smackle wrote:

Wouldn't it be ブロック?

No.  It's not a long "O" sound.

smujohnson wrote:

And to the guy who thought デイ would sound weird, are you not considering the fact that when デイ is written, it sounds like english word "day"?  DAY-MI-EN  is how it should sound, and these are all possible with デイミエン.

In case you're confused, デイ is not pronounced DEH-II.  I don't know why you would say it's weird.

To use JimmySeal's wikipedia examples, I can't find anyone in wikipedia that spells it デイミエン　either, and the one guy that shows up that way (http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80% … 0%E3%83%95) when you search, redirects to it being spelled the other way anyway.

Also, it seems that just based on google search results:

デイミエン = 260

デイミアン = 1,620

デミアン = 96,000

デミエン = 149

ダミアン = 354,000

ダミエン = 2,980

Take your pick for whether you want unique or more common.  Either way, it's still katakana, and kind of open to interpretation.

Nukemarine wrote:

You know, since we like to use Google as a guideline to which word is better to use, does Google or some site offer an "x Versus x" type service where you can compare to google terms. Maybe even allow refinement (dismiss same hits, limit type of sites such as .jp, etc.).

http://www.googlefight.com/

what is my name in kana? my first name is phonetically "kurinto" but "Hatcher" is a little harder. i have seen it in many different forms. I want to know it because I need to chisel my name on a samurai sword that I made. thanks!

ClintHatcher wrote:

what is my name in kana? my first name is phonetically "kurinto" but "Hatcher" is a little harder. i have seen it in many different forms. I want to know it because I need to chisel my name on a samurai sword that I made. thanks!

"ﾊｯﾁｬｰ" ?  Anybody correct this please >.< it's my first shot.

welldone101's transliteration is the one listed in my name dictionary. Assuming it is a properly made sword and not something made with a chunk of scrap metal and an angle-grinder (like I have seen numerous times before), I'd avoid carving anything into the blade, especially katakana (which is ugly).

If the piece is actually something that you care about, find a person who knows shodou, get them to write your name in brushwork using either hiragana or man'yougana, and then take that to a professional engraver to get it carved into the tang.

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yes, thank you, I will try to find someone who knows about engraving to get it on the nagako or buy a stamp. do they make metal stamps that would fit for that or do I need the individual characters?

My name is　エッマ, but my Japanese teacher told me I should write it without the small tsu: エマ.

Not sure, but I think is:

ギリエルメ

Doesn't sound cool at all. And it's too long.

ディヴ

Although I've always been confused by the ヴ. I know it's supposed to be an approximation to "V" rather than "B" but I'm not sure if it's really used. My friend had a beauty of a last name for Japanese to pronounce: Ravenscroft; it just sounds weird.

マルク works. In languages other than English, sometimes the r after a will be turned into ル, because it is pronounced differently (I think Spanish and German are examples of this).