Alysa (arissa) in Japanese

The name Alysa in Japanese Katakana is アリッサ which in romaji is arissa. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Alysa in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ありっさ.

How do you write Alysa in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Alyssa" is 亜里沙 (ありさ). It is pronounced as "a-ri-sa" and it means "second sand".

The western meaning of the name "Alyssa" is noble and rational. The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 明良, which is pronounced as "mei-ryou". The kanji characters mean "bright" and "good".

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