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I am a Japanese learner and I would like to know how my name is in Japanese.
My name is Bill and I have seen the translations "ビル" (biru) and "バジル"
(bajiru). I am aware that バジル means "basil" but I use it most of the times.
Can you please help me?
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Converting names to Japanese
ビル is a good transcription of the name Bill. This website confirms the match:
<http://apps.nolanlawson.com/japanese-name-converter/#?q=Bill>

Example:

> なぜウィリアムのあだ名がビルなんですか？またなぜロバートはボブなんですか？

This is from a yahoo question website.

> Why is Bill a nickname for William? Also, why does Robert become Bob?

You're quite right about バジル being the Japanese word for basil - it would make
you sound as though you were named after a herb. More to the point, it doesn't
sound anything like your name. ビッル might be another transcription, but this
seems strange to me and I can't find any examples of it being used.

Incidentally, ビル could also mean a multi-storey building or a bill, as in
check, invoice, paper money or beak of a bird - these are loan words from
English. <https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%93%E3%83%AB>
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