Lawrence (roorensu) in Japanese

The name Lawrence in Japanese Katakana is ロオレンス which in romaji is roorensu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Lawrence in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ろおれんす.

How do you write Lawrence in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Lawrence" is 路連士 (Ro-ren-shi). The kanji means "road" and "connect".

The western meaning of the name Lawrence is "from the laurel tree". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 桂文 (Katsurabumi). It is pronounced ka-tsu-ra-bu-mi and it means "laurel writing".

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