Orville (oobiru) in Japanese

The name Orville in Japanese Katakana is オオビル which in romaji is oobiru. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Orville in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is おおびる.

How do you write Orville in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "orville" is 大毘留 (ō-bi-ru). The kanji characters mean "big" (大), "equal" (毘), and "stay" (留).

The western meaning of the name "Orville" is "gold town". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 金町, pronounced as "Kan-machi". The Kanji characters mean "gold" and "town" respectively.

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