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i · the name
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Dana

ダナ
from Hebrew Dan — "the one who judges", in its feminine form
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.

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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
大那
da-na
a generous presence, what is beautiful and plentiful
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iv · about kanji i

大那

  • 大dawhat is large, a generous presence
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
a generous, abundant name — for someone who fills the place they are in.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of taking your place with a large and generous presence, and carrying with you what is beautiful and plentiful.

v · kanji ii
雫凪
da-na
keeping what is small and clean, and bringing the calm
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vi · about kanji ii

雫凪

  • 雫dathe drop of water, what is small and clean
  • 凪nathe wind stopping, the water gone calm
a small, serene name — for someone who settles the air wherever they walk in.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping the small, clean thing that a drop of water is, and bringing with you the calm of the wind when it stops.

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vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 雫渚— the small, clean drop, on the shore where the wave arrives
  • 舵波— a hand on the helm, with the energy of the wave
  • 大凪— a large, generous presence, with the water gone calm
  • 雫夏— the small, clean drop, under the summer sun
  • 汰那— keeping only what is worth keeping, with what is beautiful and plentiful
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iii 雫渚
da-nathe drop of water, the shore of the sea
  • 雫dathe drop of water, what is small and clean
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping what is small and clean in a drop of water, and leaving it on the shore where the wave reaches the sand.

choose this one
iv 舵波
da-nathe helm, the wave that pushes
  • 舵dathe helm, the hand that sets the course
  • 波nathe wave, the energy that pushes
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of putting a hand on the helm and setting the course, and letting the energy of the wave push.

choose this one
v 大凪
da-naa generous presence, water gone calm
  • 大dawhat is large, a generous presence
  • 凪nathe wind stopping, the water gone calm
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of arriving with all that is large and generous in your presence, and leaving the wind stopped and the water calm.

choose this one
vi 雫夏
da-nathe drop of water, the summer sun
  • 雫dathe drop of water, what is small and clean
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying the drop of water, small and clean, under the summer sun and its thick green.

choose this one
vii 汰那
da-nakeeping only what is worth keeping, what is beautiful and plentiful
  • 汰dawashing and keeping only what is worth keeping
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of keeping only what is worth keeping once it is washed, and filling up with what is beautiful and plentiful.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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大那
Dana
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大那
Dana
Taking your place with a large and generous presence, and carrying with you what is beautiful and plentiful.
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It is not just a wallpaper — take the meaning with you too.

Choose the background, the lettering, whether to show your name or the meaning of your kanji — and download it ready for your lock screen or to share.

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ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Danas, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.

風露依 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
夢玖 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
慈英夢寿 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
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30 USD — and there is no second copy.
x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Dana — the same for any Dana. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.

大那
Dana
T-shirt
大那
Mug
大那
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026