Weber in Japanese Katakana
Weber (common English surname) is written ウェーバー — read wēbā.
ウェーバー
| Katakana | ウェーバー |
|---|---|
| Reading (romaji) | wēbā |
| Hiragana | うぇーばー |
| Half-width katakana | ウェーバー |
| Other spellings | ヴェーバー (V written with ヴ instead of the バ-row) |
Character by character
| Katakana | Hiragana | Sound |
|---|---|---|
| ウェ | うぇ | we |
| ー | ー | long vowel mark |
| バ | ば | ba |
| ー | ー | long vowel mark |
Tips for writing Weber in katakana
- ー is the long-vowel mark: it stretches the sound before it. In vertical writing it turns into a vertical line.
- Write the small ェ at about half size, in the lower left of the square (in horizontal writing). ウェ is one sound, we.
- 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.
Weber on Japanese forms
Example full name: John Weber → ジョン・ウェーバー (Western order, names separated by ・).
Most Japanese forms put the family name first: ウェーバー 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 (うぇーばー じょん); some bank and card forms ask for half-width katakana (ウェーバー ジョン).
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 Weber in Japanese?
Weber is usually written ウェーバー (wēbā) in katakana, the script Japanese uses for foreign names. You may also see ヴェーバー. In hiragana it is うぇーばー.
Is there a kanji for Weber?
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.
Similar names
How spellings are chosen: the first spelling is the one most commonly used for this name in Japanese books, media and everyday writing, checked against the Japanese government's rules for writing foreign words (Cabinet Notice No. 2 of 1991, 外来語の表記). The list was compiled by this site; it is not an official register. Pronunciation matters more than spelling — if your name is pronounced differently, the katakana can differ too.