Quote Originally Posted by Pravit
J in french sounds like Ж
The French "j" actually sounds much softer. Compare "j'aime", "живу".
Yes, that's why I said sound like, not "sounds the same as".

The fact is, and I'm sure you'll agree Pravit, that for an the name Jared in English, you wouldn't spell it with a Ж but with a Дж.

Иосеб Джугашвили - Ioseb Jugashvili. The Georgian language has a similar J sound to English. Thus, when Russians write Georgian names with this J sound, they write Дж.