Tanner in Japanese Katakana
Tanner (common English boy's name, surname) is written タナー — read tanā.
タナー
| Katakana | タナー |
|---|---|
| Reading (romaji) | tanā |
| Hiragana | たなー |
| Half-width katakana | ﾀﾅｰ |
Character by character
| Katakana | Hiragana | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| タ | た | ta |
| ナ | な | na |
| ー | ー | long vowel mark |
Tips for writing Tanner in katakana
- ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
- 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.
Tanner on Japanese forms
Example full name: Tanner Smith → タナー・スミス (Western order, names separated by ・).
Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス タナー. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (すみす たなー); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ﾀﾅｰ).
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 Tanner in Japanese?
Tanner is usually written タナー (tanā) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is たなー.
Is there a kanji for Tanner?
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.
Similar names
How spellings are chosen: the first spelling is the one most commonly used for this name in Japanese books, media and everyday writing, checked against the Japanese government's rules for writing foreign words (Cabinet Notice No. 2 of 1991, 外来語の表記). The list was compiled by this site; it is not an official register. Pronunciation matters more than spelling — if your name is pronounced differently, the katakana can differ too.