What's my name in Japanese? (make requests here!)

[community.japanese]

ロシンsan, マイケルsan,
thank you for the help, マイケルsan!
I probably couldn't be sure how to read Rhosyn
If the accent is on Rho-, it could be longer sound: ローシン [roo shin].
Whichever you like, Rhosyn-san

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[edemps758254]

Hello, I am curious to know what my last name, "Dempsey" is in Japanese. Thank you.

[mmmason8967]

I think Dempsey is　デンプシー　(de-n-pu-shi-i). The "n" is pronounced like "m" so your name is pronounced like "dempushii". The same thing happens with "tempura": it's spelled "te-n-pu-ra" but the "n-pu" is pronounced like "m-pu".

マイケル

[community.japanese]

Dempsey-san, マイケルsan,
kon'nichiwa!
Thank you, マイケルsan! I agree with you

Sometimes (for some reason) the family name(s) ending with -sey/-say are written also as ゼイ [ze i]
like the world famous chef Gordon Ramsay (ラムゼイ). I wouldn't trabscribe his name as ラムゼイ, but
it seems this could be a possibility for you too, Dempsey-san.

Natsuko (奈津子),
Team JapanesePod101.com

[aijahall6229]

My name is Aija and in English it is pronounced eye-ya and I can't figure out what my name would be in Japanese. I just started studying and only know about half Hiragana so far, I'm learning to read and write first then words and phrases. Thanks.

[mewes6190]

Hello Aiya,

in your case I would say that your name in japanese would be アイヤ: a-i-ya.

I hope that helps.

Best
Kurokuma

[aijahall6229]

Hello Aiya,

in your case I would say that your name in japanese would be アイヤ: a-i-ya.

I hope that helps.

Best
Kurokuma

Thank you very much!

[community.japanese]

Hello Kurokuma san and Aija san,
I also think アイヤ.
Yuki
Team JapanesePod101.com

[mattiapavinati8647]

皆さんこんにちは！
Hello everyone ^^

My name in Mattia and i'm from italy.
I don't know much about names but recently i've been trying to find a kanji that "fits" my name (as for pronunciation).
if i had to write my name in kana it would probably sound like : マッテイア (used katakana to mark the foreign sound) but i had no luck in finding a kanji there... so i started to look at my nickname, Matthew, which sounds more or less like : ましゅう.
i was all happy because i found those 2 kanji 真 (ま kun-yomi) 修 (しゅう kan'on-yomi) but now i have a doubt, when i put them together, what "reading" should i use? i recall from some class that most of the time when 2 kanji form a single word, the on-yomi reading is prefered... if that's the case, is there any other kanji combination i can use?

ありがとうございます
thank you in advance
(=^.^=)

[community.japanese]

Hello mattiapavinati8647 san (マッティアさん、真修さん)
If it’s a name, it doesn’t matter.
真修 is read ましゅう.
I think you chose good kanjis, 真 means ‘real’ and 修 means ‘correct, learn and so on’.
Yuki　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[watertommyz9255]

My name is Tommy, so would I be correct in assuming it would be トミー？ I'm also having trouble figuring out what McDonald might be, which is my last name.

[mmmason8967]

I also think your first name is going to be トミー. And your last name is definitely マクドナルド　

マイケル

[community.japanese]

Hello watertommyz9255 (トミー　マクドナルド)san
As マイケルさんsaid your name is written in katanaka トミー　マクドナルド.

マイケルさん、
Thank you very much for helping　トミー　マクドナルドさん.

Yuki　由紀
Team JapanesePod101.com

[edemps758254]

What is my first name (Erik) in Japanese? My friend says it's エリック but I'm just double checking here. Thank you.

[mmmason8967]

What is my first name (Erik) in Japanese? My friend says it's エリック but I'm just double checking here. Thank you.

I think that エリック is correct.

マイケル