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

Paula

ポーラ
which one is you? po-ra pa-u-ra
from Latin paulus — "small"
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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
歩良
po-ra
the step, and a good life
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

歩良

  • 歩pothe step, moving forward one at a time
  • 良rawhat is good, a life well lived
a steady, unhurried name — for someone who gets there all the same.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving forward one step at a time, and living a good life.

v · kanji ii
宝楽
po-ra
the treasure, and the joy of living
see what it means
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vi · about kanji ii

宝楽

  • 宝pothe treasure, what is not traded for anything
  • 楽rathe taste for living, joy
a precious, bright name — for someone worth a lot who never turns heavy.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being what is not traded for anything, and taking a real taste for living.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 宝蘭— what is not traded for anything, with the line of an orchid
  • 穂蘭— the ear of grain loaded with seed, with the line of an orchid
  • 保来— looking after what people entrust you, with the future drawing near
  • 歩羅— moving one step at a time, with the fineness of a silk
  • 穂良— the loaded ear of grain, over a life well lived
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iii 宝蘭
po-rathe treasure, and the flower with the finest line
  • 宝pothe treasure, what is not traded for anything
  • 蘭rathe orchid, the flower with an elegant line
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of being what is not traded for anything, and carrying the elegant line of an orchid.

choose this one
iv 穂蘭
po-rathe loaded ear of grain, and the orchid
  • 穂pothe ear of grain loaded with seed
  • 蘭rathe orchid, the flower with an elegant line
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of filling with grain like the ear that bends over, and carrying the elegant line of an orchid.

choose this one
v 保来
po-ralooking after what is entrusted, and what is still to come
  • 保polooking after and holding what is entrusted
  • 来rawhat is coming, the future drawing near
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking after and holding what is entrusted to you, and drawing toward you what is still to come.

choose this one
vi 歩羅
po-rathe step, and fine silk
  • 歩pothe step, moving forward one at a time
  • 羅rafine silk, the cloth that falls with elegance
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of moving forward one step at a time, and carrying the fineness of a silk that falls with elegance.

choose this one
vii 穂良
po-rathe ear of grain, and what is good
  • 穂pothe ear of grain loaded with seed
  • 良rawhat is good, a life well lived
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of filling with grain like the ear that bends over, and living a good life.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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歩良
Paula
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歩良
Paula
Moving forward one step at a time, and living a good life.
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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.

🎨 make your own wallpaper →
ix · from his own hand

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

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Paulas, 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
I want mine, written by hand →
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 Paula — the same for any Paula. 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.

歩良
Paula
T-shirt
歩良
Mug
歩良
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