Lesley (resurii) in Japanese

The name Lesley in Japanese Katakana is レスリイ which in romaji is resurii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Lesley in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is れすりい.

How do you write Lesley in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Lesley" is 麗斯 (Rei-su). The kanji 麗 means "beautiful" or "lovely," and 斯 is a phonetic character that is used to approximate the sound of the name. The pronunciation of this name would be Rei-su.

The western meaning of the name Lesley is "meadow of holly trees". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 芦樹谷 (Aoju-Tani), which is pronounced "ah-oh-joo-tah-nee". The Kanji characters mean "holly tree" (芦) and "valley" (樹谷).

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