Nelly (nerii) in Japanese

The name Nelly in Japanese Katakana is ネリイ which in romaji is nerii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Nelly in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is ねりい.

How do you write Nelly in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "nelly" (romaji: "nerii") is 練里, which is pronounced as "ne-ri". The kanji 練 means "practice" and 里 means "village".

The western meaning of the name "Nelly" is a diminutive of the name Eleanor, meaning "light". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 明里 (pronounced: mei-ri), which means "bright village".

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