Your name in Japanese
Foreign names are written in katakana in Japan. Type a name to see how it would usually be spelled, and a kanji version chosen for sound and meaning.
Kanji idea
One character per sound, picked for a pleasant meaning. This is a creative spelling, not an official one — Japanese documents write foreign names in katakana.
Good to know
- Japanese has no L sound, so L and R both become ラ行 (ra, ri, ru, re, ro).
- Most consonants need a vowel after them, so “Mark” becomes マーク (Māku).
- The long-vowel mark ー stretches the sound before it.
- Spellings vary. People often pick the katakana that sounds closest to how they say their own name.