Alyssa in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Alyssa in katakana

• The small ッ is a short pause that doubles the next consonant. Write it half size; a full-size ツ would be read "tsu".
• Japanese has a single sound for English L and R, so both are written with the ラ-row (ra, ri, ru, re, ro).
• Katakana is written left to right like English, or top to bottom in vertical text. Keep every character the same size except the small ones.

Alyssa on Japanese forms

Example full name: Alyssa Smith → アリッサ・スミス (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス アリッサ. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (すみす ありっさ); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ｱﾘｯｻ).

Japan has no official katakana spelling for foreign names. Once you use a spelling for a bank account, phone contract or employer, keep using the same one so your records match.

FAQ

How do you write Alyssa in Japanese?

Alyssa is usually written アリッサ (arissa) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ありっさ.

Is there a kanji for Alyssa?

No. Foreign names have no official kanji; they are written in katakana. Kanji versions offered online (ateji) are chosen only for sound and look, and their "meanings" are made up, so this site does not provide them.