Goodman in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Goodman 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.
• 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.

Goodman on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Goodman → ジョン・グッドマン (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: グッドマン 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 (ぐっどまん じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｸﾞｯﾄﾞﾏﾝ 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 Goodman in Japanese?

Goodman is usually written グッドマン (guddoman) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ぐっどまん.

Is there a kanji for Goodman?

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.