Thread: Name Translation help please

Sorry if asked before but coud someone please translate

David Kershaw
Matthew
Amanda
into Russian please my eldest son would like to get his name tattooed onto his arm on the Russian alphabet and I dont want to make a mistake and give him the wrong letters by typing into an online translator.

My reason for asking re the other 2 is that I would like to get them tattooed as well .

Thank You to anyone who helps

David Kershaw = Дейвид Кершо
Matthew = Мэтью (This is a literal phonetic rendering)
Матвей (Matvey) (This is the Russian equivalent)
Amanda = Аманда / Эманда

Originally Posted by TATY

David Kershaw = Дэвид Кершо
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Amanda = Аманда / _ ("Эманда" is bad)

Originally Posted by ang12el

Sorry if asked before but coud someone please translate

David Kershaw
Matthew
Amanda
into Russian please my eldest son would like to get his name tattooed onto his arm on the Russian alphabet and I dont want to make a mistake and give him the wrong letters by typing into an online translator.

My reason for asking re the other 2 is that I would like to get them tattooed as well .

Thank You to anyone who helps

As this question is very serious I think the right variant in Russian is the following:

David Kershaw --> Дэвид Кершо
Matthew --> Мэттью
Amanda --> Аманда

The word "Мэтью" looks not natural for me. "Мэттью" is better.

P.S. In other words I agree with gRomoZeka.

My name is Matthew as well and my Russian visa says Мэттью so I guess that's the best variant. But don't get that tattoo. It looks ridiculous (in both languages) + no Russian will understand it.

Like why would you get a tattoo of USA in Hebrew or a German name written with oe instead of with an umlaut?

I'd advise him to get Матвей... or if you want, Матфей, though that is pretty archaic and if you Google it, you get mostly religious websites back.