Patton in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Patton 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.

Patton on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Patton → ジョン・パットン (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: パットン 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 (ぱっとん じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾊﾟｯﾄﾝ 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 Patton in Japanese?

Patton is usually written パットン (patton) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ぱっとん.

Is there a kanji for Patton?

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.