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

グレン
from Gaelic gleann — "a narrow valley"
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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
宮蓮
gu-ren
the palace and the lotus that comes up clean
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iv · about kanji i

宮蓮

  • 宮guthe palace, the place that commands respect
  • 蓮renthe lotus, which comes up clean out of muddy water
a noble, clean name — for someone who comes out whole from anywhere.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of taking a place that commands respect, and coming up clean out of muddy water like the lotus.

v · kanji ii
弓煉
gu-ren
the drawn bow and the temper you earn
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vi · about kanji ii

弓煉

  • 弓guthe drawn bow, the curve that holds its force
  • 煉renpolishing yourself by repetition, the temper you earn by working
a taut, tempered name — for someone built out of work.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of holding your force in the curve of a drawn bow, and earning your temper by repeating until it holds.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 駆蓮— the speed of the run, with the lotus that comes up clean
  • 宮煉— the palace that commands respect, with the temper that work gives
  • 弓恋— the tension of the bow, with the loving that moves the chest
  • 駆煉— the push of the run, with the temper you earn by working
  • 宮恋— the palace that commands respect, with the loving that moves the chest
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iii 駆蓮
gu-renrunning at full speed and the lotus
  • 駆gurunning at full speed, the push forward
  • 蓮renthe lotus, which comes up clean out of muddy water
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of running at full speed, and opening clean like the lotus over muddy water.

choose this one
iv 宮煉
gu-renthe palace and the temper you earn by working
  • 宮guthe palace, the place that commands respect
  • 煉renpolishing yourself by repetition, the temper you earn by working
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of having a place of your own that commands respect, and earning your temper by working at it.

choose this one
v 弓恋
gu-renthe drawn bow and the loving that moves the chest
  • 弓guthe drawn bow, the curve that holds its force
  • 恋renloving, what moves the chest
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of drawing tight like a bow before it lets go, and loving with the whole chest.

choose this one
vi 駆煉
gu-renthe run and the temper you earn
  • 駆gurunning at full speed, the push forward
  • 煉renpolishing yourself by repetition, the temper you earn by working
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of starting off with the whole push forward, and polishing yourself by repetition.

choose this one
vii 宮恋
gu-renthe palace and the loving that moves the chest
  • 宮guthe palace, the place that commands respect
  • 恋renloving, what moves the chest
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of standing where respect is commanded, as in a palace, and letting what you love move your chest.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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宮蓮
Glenn
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宮蓮
Glenn
Taking a place that commands respect, and coming up clean out of muddy water like the lotus.
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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 Glenns, 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 Glenn — the same for any Glenn. 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.

宮蓮
Glenn
T-shirt
宮蓮
Mug
宮蓮
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