Fitzgerald in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Fitzgerald in katakana

• Write the small ィ ェ at about half size, in the lower left of the square (in horizontal writing). フィ is one sound, fi; ジェ is one sound, je.
• The small ッ is a short pause that doubles the next consonant. Write it half size; a full-size ツ would be read "tsu".
• シ (shi) and ツ (tsu) look alike. In シ the two short strokes are placed on the left and the long stroke sweeps upward; in ツ the short strokes stand at the top and the long stroke sweeps downward.
• Japanese has a single sound for English L and R, so both are written with the ラ-row (ra, ri, ru, re, ro).
• Japanese syllables end in a vowel (except ン), so the final consonant of Fitzgerald becomes ド (do). Say it lightly.
• 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.

Fitzgerald on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Fitzgerald → ジョン・フィッツジェラルド (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: フィッツジェラルド 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 (ふぃっつじぇらるど じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾌｨｯﾂｼﾞｪﾗﾙﾄﾞ 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 Fitzgerald in Japanese?

Fitzgerald is usually written フィッツジェラルド (fittsujerarudo) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ふぃっつじぇらるど.

Is there a kanji for Fitzgerald?

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.