Porter in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Porter in katakana

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

Porter on Japanese forms

Example full name: John Porter → ジョン・ポーター (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ポーター 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 (ぽーたー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ﾎﾟｰﾀｰ 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 Porter in Japanese?

Porter is usually written ポーター (pōtā) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. In hiragana it is ぽーたー.

Is there a kanji for Porter?

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.