Marissa in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Marissa 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.

Marissa on Japanese forms

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

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス マリッサ. 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 まりっさ); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ﾏﾘｯｻ).

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 Marissa in Japanese?

Marissa is usually written マリッサ (marissa) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is まりっさ.

Is there a kanji for Marissa?

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.