Im part Cherokee Indian, Regarding my name, please help me!?

Question

My name is Kaelyn

Ive got alot of background. One of them is Cherokee Indian. I want to get my name tattoo'd in my wrist of what my name is in Cherokee Indian form.

is their anywhere that i can look?

or anyone that would have any idea of what my name would be spelled as?

and...does anyone know what it means?

I just found out a few months ago that one of my great great greatt (whatever) grandparents were Indian.

Please let me know! TY TY TY TY TY!

Answer 1

I happen to have a book titled "Your Name in Cherokee" by Prentice Robinson. I checked for your name but it is not in the book. The names below are the closest I could come....

Cathleen - ge da li ni - pronounced (g*y la leen)

Kylene     - ga li ni        - pronounced (ga lay nee)

The author has "attempted to give the phonetic or tonal sounds one would use to pronounce an English name in the Cherokee Language."

You can find the Cherokee letter characters for these names from http://www.cherokee.org/Extras/Downloads...

Answer 2

Names do not typically translate from English to Cherokee although you can check out this website http://www.native-languages.org/cherokee... for basic instructions on how to convert English writing to Cherokee.

Alternately you can use this website http://www.wehali.com/tsalagi/index.cfm?...

to translate common words from English to Cherokee