Merrie (merii) in Japanese

The name Merrie in Japanese Katakana is メリイ which in romaji is merii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Merrie in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is めりい.

How do you write Merrie in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "merrie" is 米里 (pronounced as me-ri). This kanji name is composed of two characters, 米 (méi) which means "rice" and 里 (lǐ) which means "village".

The western meaning of the name "Merrie" is "joyful, merry". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 楽しい, which is pronounced as "raku-shi-i" and means "enjoyable, pleasant".

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