Ralph (rarufu) in Japanese

The name Ralph in Japanese Katakana is ラルフ which in romaji is rarufu. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Ralph in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is らるふ.

How do you write Ralph in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name that sounds similar to "ralph" is 藍斐 (Ranpi), pronounced ra-n-pi. The kanji 藍 means "indigo" and 斐 means "beauty".

The western meaning of the name Ralph is "counselor wolf". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 狼諭 (Rō-gyu). This name is pronounced as "Ro-gyu" with the syllables separated by a hyphen. The kanji characters mean "wolf" and "counsel".

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