It’s a transliteration – because Japanese doesn’t have the same sounds and letters as English, your name is approximated in Japanese.
“Victor” would not be said the same in Japanese because it can’t be said. It would be Bikkutoru. My name, David, would be Deebiddo.
The katakana characters for David. デービッド is de-e-bi-ddo, not literally “David”. The characters in Japanese are not the same as English letters.
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