Mary (mearii) in Japanese

The name Mary in Japanese Katakana is メアリイ which in romaji is mearii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Mary in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is めありい.

How do you write Mary in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "mearii" is 真里, pronounced "ma-ri". The kanji 真 means "true" and 里 means "village".

The western meaning of the name Mary 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" and "star".

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