Marilu (mariru) in Japanese

The name Marilu in Japanese Katakana is マリル which in romaji is mariru. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Marilu in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is まりる.

How do you write Marilu in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "marilu" is 真里留 (まりる). It is pronounced as "ma-ri-ru". The kanji 真 (ま) means "true" or "real", 里 (り) means "village" or "countryside", and 留 (る) means "stop" or "stay".

The western meaning of the name Marilu is “star of the sea”. The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 海星 (うみぼし), which is pronounced U-mi-bo-shi. The Kanji characters mean “sea” (海) and “star” (星).

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