Malissa (marissa) in Japanese

The name Malissa in Japanese Katakana is マリッサ which in romaji is marissa. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Malissa in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is まりっさ.

How do you write Malissa in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Malissa" is 真里沙 (まりさ), pronounced "ma-ri-sa". The kanji characters mean "true" (真) + "village" (里) + "sand" (沙).

The western meaning of the name Malissa is "honey bee". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 蜜莉沙, which is pronounced as "mi-tsu-ri-sa". The kanji characters mean "honey" (蜜) and "beautiful" (莉).

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