Violet in Japanese Katakana

Tips for writing Violet 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).
• Japanese syllables end in a vowel (except ン), so the final consonant of Violet becomes ト (to). 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.

Violet on Japanese forms

Example full name: Violet Smith → バイオレット・スミス (Western order, names separated by ・).

Most Japanese forms put the family name first: スミス バイオレット. 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 ばいおれっと); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ｽﾐｽ ﾊﾞｲｵﾚｯﾄ).

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 Violet in Japanese?

Violet is usually written バイオレット (baioretto) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. You may also see ヴァイオレット. In hiragana it is ばいおれっと.

Is there a kanji for Violet?

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.