Leland (riirando) in Japanese

The name Leland in Japanese Katakana is リイランド which in romaji is riirando. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Leland in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is りいらんど.

How do you write Leland in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Leland" is 里蘭堂 (Rirando), which is pronounced "ri-ran-dou". The kanji characters mean "village" (里), "orchid" (蘭) and "hall" (堂).

The western meaning of the name "Leland" is "meadowland". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 草原 (Kusabara). It is pronounced "ku-sa-ba-ra". The Kanji characters mean "grass" and "plain".

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