Stella (sutera) in Japanese

The name Stella in Japanese Katakana is ステラ which in romaji is sutera. Katakana is the standard translation for names into Japanese, Stella in Japanese Hiragana, the non-standard translation for names into Japanese, is すてら.

How do you write Stella in Japanese Kanji?

The closest sounding kanji name to "stella" (romaji: "sutera") is 昴 (pronounced "su-boshi"). The kanji means "the Pleiades."

The western meaning of the name Stella is "star". The closest matching Kanji name based on this meaning is 星良 (Hoshi-Ryo). This is pronounced as "ho-shi-ryo" and it means "good star".

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