Shelley (sherii) in Japanese

The name Shelley in Japanese Katakana is シェリイ which in romaji is sherii. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Shelley in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is しぇりい.

How do you write Shelley in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name is 詩麗 (しりい). It is pronounced "shi-rii". The kanji mean "poetry" and "beauty".

The western meaning of the name "Shelley" is derived from an Old English surname meaning "clearing on a bank or hillside". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 斜里, which is pronounced "sha-ri". The Kanji characters mean "slope" and "village".

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