I was fooling around today and found a couple of sites that will translate given names into Japanese kanji. One site said that the name William can be written in kanji like this:
生伊利安夢
Supposedly this means the following: life – noble, king – clever, advantageous – peaceful – dream. I guess this means I spend my life peacefully dreaming that I am a clever king.
Another site said this:
The first kanji in your name means Be, the second means Will, the third means Reason and the fourth means Safe. I take this to me the following: “Will is reasonably safe.” Or maybe: “Be safe and reasonable, Will.”
The funniest of all (I could not copy their image since they wanted $10 for it!) told me this:
The kanji used to write your name mean:
Having Ideas Reason Asian Warrior
(You are a mighty Asian warrior who has many great ideas and understands the ways of reason.)
Perhaps it would better read: “I have the idea that I am a mighty Asian warrior who understands the ways of reason.”
Anyway, it was a fun way to kill about 20 minutes.