Davidson in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Davidson in katakana

• The small ッ is a short pause that doubles the next consonant. Write it half size; a full-size ツ would be read "tsu".
• ソ (so) and ン (n) look alike. In ソ the long stroke falls from the top right; in ン it rises from the bottom left.
• The V sound can be written with ヴ or with the バ-row (ba, bi, bu, be, bo). Both are accepted by the 1991 rules; the バ-row is more common in everyday writing.
• Katakana is written left to right like English, or top to bottom in vertical text. Keep every character the same size except the small ones.

Davidson on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Davidson → ジョン・デビッドソン (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: デビッドソン ジョン. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (でびっどそん じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾃﾞﾋﾞｯﾄﾞｿﾝ ｼﾞｮﾝ).

Japan has no official katakana spelling for foreign names. Once you use a spelling for a bank account, phone contract or employer, keep using the same one so your records match.

FAQ

How do you write Davidson in Japanese?

Davidson is usually written デビッドソン (debiddoson) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. You may also see デイヴィッドソン. In hiragana it is でびっどそん.

Is there a kanji for Davidson?

No. Foreign names have no official kanji; they are written in katakana. Kanji versions offered online (ateji) are chosen only for sound and look, and their "meanings" are made up, so this site does not provide them.