names · 漢字 — cinema ES your wallpaper ↓
i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
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Donna

ドナ
from Italian donna — "lady, mistress of the house"; from Latin domina
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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
道菜
do-na
the path of your own, and the yellow field of spring
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iv · about kanji i

道菜

  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 菜nathe yellow flower that covers the field in spring
a wandering, bright name — for someone who leaves flowers along the way.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of walking your own path on foot, and filling it with the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.

v · kanji ii
道奈
do-na
the path of your own, and the fruit that ripens
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vi · about kanji ii

道奈

  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 奈nathe fruit that ripens on the tree
a patient name with a course — for someone who walks until what is theirs bears fruit.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of walking your own path on foot, and letting the fruit of the tree ripen along it.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 憧夏— what other people look up to, with the summer sun
  • 道凪— the path of your own, with the wind stopped and the water calm
  • 憧渚— what other people look up to, with the shore where the wave breaks
  • 道撫— the path of your own, with a hand that touches gently
  • 憧那— what other people look up to, with what is beautiful and plentiful
Chosen by the calligrapher for this name — pay what you feel it is worth, from two dollars.
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now you can see all seven versions.

iii 憧夏
do-nawhat other people look up to, and summer
  • 憧dowhat other people look up to
  • 夏nathe summer sun, the thick green
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being what other people look up to, and bringing with you the summer sun and the thick green.

choose this one
iv 道凪
do-nathe path of your own, and the water gone calm
  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 凪nathe wind stopping, the water gone calm
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of walking your own path on foot, and arriving with the wind stopped and the water gone calm.

choose this one
v 憧渚
do-nawhat other people look up to, and the shore
  • 憧dowhat other people look up to
  • 渚nathe shore, where the wave reaches the sand
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being what other people look up to, and standing on the shore where the wave reaches the sand.

choose this one
vi 道撫
do-nathe path of your own, and the caress
  • 道doyour own path, the one you walk on foot
  • 撫nathe caress, touching gently
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of walking your own path on foot, and touching gently everything you come across.

choose this one
vii 憧那
do-nawhat other people look up to, and what is beautiful and plentiful
  • 憧dowhat other people look up to
  • 那nawhat is beautiful and plentiful
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being what other people look up to, and carrying with you what is beautiful and plentiful.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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道菜
Donna
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道菜
Donna
Walking your own path on foot, and filling it with the yellow flower that covers the field in spring.
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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 Donnas, 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 Donna — the same for any Donna. 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.

道菜
Donna
T-shirt
道菜
Mug
道菜
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