Writing foreign names.

[white-chocolate-twix]

What about the name Kelsey? Would it be Kelseu? Or something else?

[Kates]

Probably KE RU SHI (ケルシ) or maybe KE RU SHII (ケルシー) if you'd like a long "ee" sound at the end of your name.

[skrhgh3b]

while i was in japan this summer, a nice japanese woman wrote my first name with kanji. you can see it on the splash page of my website. (the rest of my website is, unfortunately, down indefinitely.)

http://sakurahigh.frenziedsilence.com/

[Marnox]

can someone please tell what the names "Marius" and "Tone" would be like in japanese and rômaji?

[Kates]

マリアス (Ma ri a su)：　Marius　(if it's pronounced Ma-ree-us)
トネ (To ne)：　Tone (if it's pronounced Toe-nay)

[Marnox]

it's pronounced like To nee, like the O in nO and the E in fEET
but thank you! thank you :D:D

arigatou!

[Cherie061403]

What about how to write my name. It's Cherie said like sher-ree.

[sexylexi]

ok well my name is Alexis Saldaña so would it be like Arekushisu Sarudanya?

[sexylexi]

yeah, urs would be kinda hard cuz u cant really make she sound but i think the closest sound would be shurii which would be wriiten as shi yu ri i but i dunno i may be wrong it would look something like this シユリイ but the yu should be smaller

[Kates]

Tone, then: トニ　(for a long ee sound: トニー） (Romaji: Toni / Tonii)
Cherie:　シェリー (Alexis is wrong, there is a 'che' sound-- this is "Che ri-)
Alexis Saldaña:　アレクシス・サルダニャ (Arekushisu Sarudanya -- yeah, you were right about yours)

[Gakusha]

This is just a note, but if you have a Biblical name, your name can be directly translated (for the most part) because the Bible has been translated into Japanese.

[kevincole93]

Whee, I found out My name, Kevin Cole or Keben Koru, means Handsome and well my last name is "Black"... Hehe fun, thanks this helped

[hideko_san]

well, actually "Tone" in norwegian has o like "cOOl" and e like "respEct".... or should i say like the japanese "E" 素敵だね？
ツオネ　、 perhaps?

[Daichi]

hideko_san wrote:
well, actually "Tone" in norwegian has o like "cOOl" and e like "respEct".... or should i say like the japanese "E" 素敵だね？
ツオネ　、 perhaps?

Suggestion: トゥネ (Note that a small ウ is used).