how do you write the initials J B R in greek?

Question

i would like to get my sons initials tattood on my wrist. i have not been able to find any info about these letters in greek. i would like to have those three letters in uppercase. thanks!

his name is jackson. if you have any ideas, let me know.

Answer 1

Unfortunately J doesn't really exisit in a true form in the Greek alphabet...
Try this website for letter pictures:
http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html
Maybe you could replace J for G and use Gamma instead?
Beta and Rho for B and R... the only thing is you end up looking like hanged-man, BP
Maybe you should be looking at another alphabet instead of Greek... It's not perfect for the letter you want.
I might suggest... the Syrillic alphabet instead...
Example... Check this website:
http://www.friends-partners.org/oldfriends/language/russian-alphabet.html
then you'd use zheh, beh, er

Answer 2

TZ B P

As there is no J in the Greek language, the only alternative is to write it the way that they say it which is "TZ". The letter B could be the Greek 'Beta' but that is pronounced 'Vita' and the letter B is the Greek letter 'P'.

Unless you specifically want it to be in Greek, I agree with the suggestion of using a different language, some of the old English scripts are beautiful, or how about oriental languages? Tibetan script is lovely to look at, I can't give you an example as Yahoo Answers does not seem to support other fonts. Good Luck.

Answer 3

Why in Greek? Is your son Greek? Is your wife Greek? If she's Greek, she might know. If none of you is Greek, why on Earth do you want to write them in Greek? Do you really think that the fake Greek tattoo you want to stain your skin with is more important than the real language in which your son was named? What is wrong with the Latin alphabet? What is wrong with the English language? I am not a native speaker of English, I have never been to any of the five countries that are considered to be English speaking countries, but I think that English is as good as any other languages, so why wanting to have your son's initials in another language?!

Answer 4

There is no J and no B in Greek. R looks like a capital P.

Answer 5

Typically you would use Iota in lieu of 'J', followed by Beta and then Rho. Of course, real Greek people may think you are total poseur and non-Greek people will wonder why you have IBP tatooed on your hand.

Answer 6

why not making a sentence - in greek or a historical greek symbol? (Doric-pillars, symbol of olympic games etc)

if you end up to any phrase you want, i would be happy to translate it for you in greek!