Celia (shiria) in Japanese

The name Celia in Japanese Katakana is シリア which in romaji is shiria. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Celia in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is しりあ.

How do you write Celia in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "celia" is 紫莉亜 (しりあ), pronounced "shi-ri-a". The kanji 紫 (し) means "purple", 莉 (り) means "jasmine", and 亜 (あ) is a suffix meaning "sub-".

The western meaning of the name Celia is "heavenly". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 天良 (Ten-ryou). This is pronounced with two syllables, "ten" and "ryou", and it means "heavenly/divine good".

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