Doris (dorisu) in Japanese

The name Doris in Japanese Katakana is ドリス which in romaji is dorisu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Doris in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is どりす.

How do you write Doris in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "doris" is 土里 (pronounced do-ri). The kanji means "earth village".

The western meaning of the name Doris is "gift of the ocean". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 海贈り (umi-zato-ri). This name is pronounced as "oo-mee-zah-toh-ree". The kanji characters mean "sea" (海) and "give/present" (贈り).

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