Evan
in Japanese
E · Ban
protection · boulder
Character by character
Other ways to write Evan
英萬
E · Ban
excellence · ten thousand
恵伴
E · Ban
blessing · companion
About Evan in Japanese
In Japan, Evan is written エヴァン in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 衛磐 is read E · Ban. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 衛 (E, protection), 磐 (Ban, boulder).
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How do you write Evan in Japanese?+
Evan is written エヴァン in katakana. A kanji spelling is 衛磐, read E · Ban.
What does 衛磐 mean?+
Character by character, 衛磐 means protection · boulder.
Is 衛磐 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as E · Ban and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Evan is written in katakana: エヴァン.