Lyle (rairu) in Japanese

The name Lyle in Japanese Katakana is ライル which in romaji is rairu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Lyle in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is らいる.

How do you write Lyle in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "Lyle" (romaji: "Rairu") is 雷流, which is pronounced "Rai-ru" and means "thunder current".

The western meaning of the name "Lyle" is "from the island". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 島 (Shima). It is pronounced "shi-ma". The kanji means "island".

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