Marlene (maariin) in Japanese

The name Marlene in Japanese Katakana is マアリイン which in romaji is maariin. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Marlene in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is まありいん.

How do you write Marlene in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "marlene" is 真鈴 (まりん), pronounced as "ma-rin". The kanji 真 means "true" and 鈴 means "bell".

The western meaning of the name Marlene is "bitter" or "sea-bright". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 真礼音, which is pronounced as "ma-re-ne". The Kanji characters mean "true" (真) "etiquette" (礼) and "sound" (音).

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