Turner in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Turner 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.

Turner on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Turner → ジョン・ターナー (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ターナー 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 (たーなー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾀｰﾅｰ 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 Turner in Japanese?

Turner is usually written ターナー (tānā) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is たーなー.

Is there a kanji for Turner?

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.