Harris (harisu) in Japanese

The name Harris in Japanese Katakana is ハリス which in romaji is harisu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Harris in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is はりす.

How do you write Harris in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "harisu" is 遼士 (りょうし). It is pronounced "ryou-shi" and the kanji mean "distant/far-man/person".

The western meaning of the name Harris is "son of Harry". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 春里 (Haru-ri), which is pronounced "ha-ru-ri". The kanji characters mean "spring" and "village".

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