Lara (rara) in Japanese

The name Lara in Japanese Katakana is ララ which in romaji is rara. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Lara in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is らら.

How do you write Lara in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "lara" is 蘭良 (らら), which is pronounced "ra-ra". The kanji in this name mean "orchid" (蘭) and "good, virtuous" (良).

The western meaning of the name Lara is "protection". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 保護 (Hogo), which is pronounced "ho-go". The Kanji characters mean "protection" or "safeguard".

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