Molly (morii) in Japanese

The name Molly in Japanese Katakana is モリイ which in romaji is morii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Molly in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is もりい.

How do you write Molly in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Molly" is 森依, which is pronounced "Mo-ri-i". The kanji 森 means "forest" and 依 means "depend on".

The western meaning of the name Molly is "bitter" or "sea of bitterness". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 悠莉 (Yuu-ri), which is pronounced with two syllables: yuu and ri. The kanji characters mean "long" and "beautiful".

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