Olivia (oribia) in Japanese

The name Olivia in Japanese Katakana is オリビア which in romaji is oribia. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Olivia in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is おりびあ.

How do you write Olivia in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "Olivia" is 音毘羅 (おん・ぴ・ら). It is pronounced "on-pi-ra", and the kanji mean "sound" (音), "compare" (比), and "gauze, thin silk" (羅).

The western meaning of the name Olivia is "olive tree". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 橄欖 (gan-ran), which is pronounced "gan-ran". The Kanji characters mean "olive tree".

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