Buckley in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Buckley in katakana

• ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
• 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.

Buckley on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Buckley → ジョン・バックリー (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: バックリー ジョン. In a フリガナ (furigana) field write it in katakana; if the field says ふりがな use hiragana (ばっくりー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾊﾞｯｸﾘｰ ｼﾞｮﾝ).

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 Buckley in Japanese?

Buckley is usually written バックリー (bakkurī) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ばっくりー.

Is there a kanji for Buckley?

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.