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

ポール
from Latin paulus — "small, humble"
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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
歩琉
po-ru
one step at a time, and the blue sea
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iv · about kanji i

歩琉

  • 歩pothe step, moving forward one at a time
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
a steady, bright name — for someone who gets there on foot.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving forward one step at a time without skipping any, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.

v · kanji ii
宝流
po-ru
the treasure, and ease
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vi · about kanji ii

宝流

  • 宝pothe treasure, what is not traded for anything
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
a valuable, easy name — for someone worth a lot who makes nothing of it.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being a treasure to those around you, and moving through life with ease and grace.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 穂瑠— the ear of grain already loaded, with the blue of lapis lazuli
  • 保琉— what is looked after and held, with the blue of the sea
  • 歩流— one step at a time, with ease in the walking
  • 宝瑠— the treasure, with the blue of lapis lazuli
  • 穂琉— the loaded ear of grain, with the blue of the sea
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iii 穂瑠
po-ruthe loaded ear of grain, and the blue stone
  • 穂pothe ear of grain loaded with seed
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying fruit like a ripe ear of grain, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.

choose this one
iv 保琉
po-ruwhat is looked after, and the blue sea
  • 保polooking after and holding what is entrusted
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking after and holding what people trust to you, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.

choose this one
v 歩流
po-ruone step at a time, and ease
  • 歩pothe step, moving forward one at a time
  • 流rumoving through life with ease and grace
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving forward one step at a time without skipping any, and doing it with ease and grace.

choose this one
vi 宝瑠
po-ruthe treasure, and the blue stone
  • 宝pothe treasure, what is not traded for anything
  • 瑠ruthe blue of lapis lazuli
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being a treasure to those around you, and keeping the blue of lapis lazuli.

choose this one
vii 穂琉
po-ruthe loaded ear of grain, and the blue sea
  • 穂pothe ear of grain loaded with seed
  • 琉ruthe bright blue of the sea
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of carrying fruit like a ripe ear of grain, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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歩琉
Paul
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歩琉
Paul
Moving forward one step at a time without skipping any, and carrying with you the bright blue of the sea.
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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 Pauls, 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 Paul — the same for any Paul. 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.

歩琉
Paul
T-shirt
歩琉
Mug
歩琉
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