Maverick in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Maverick 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).
• Japanese syllables end in a vowel (except ン), so the final consonant of Maverick becomes ク (ku). Say it lightly.
• The V sound can be written with ヴ or with the バ-row (ba, bi, bu, be, bo). Both are accepted by the 1991 rules; the バ-row is more common in everyday writing.
• 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.

Maverick on Japanese forms

Example full name: Maverick Smith → マーベリック・スミス (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス マーベリック. 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 まーべりっく); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ﾏｰﾍﾞﾘｯｸ).

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 Maverick in Japanese?

Maverick is usually written マーベリック (māberikku) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. You may also see マーヴェリック. In hiragana it is まーべりっく.

Is there a kanji for Maverick?

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.