Best Overall
伊良衣座
いらいざ
The most balanced reading — natural sound, clear meaning.
- 伊 phonetic i
- 良 good
- 衣 clothing
- 座 seat
Eliza in Japanese Kanji
Pronounced イライザ · いらいざ · iraiza
Elegant
衣蘭泉財
いらいざ
Softer characters, chosen for how they look and feel on the page.
- 衣 clothing
- 蘭 orchid
- 泉 fountain
- 財 treasure
Bold
威雷勇在
いらいざ
Stronger strokes and more striking meanings.
- 威 dignity
- 雷 thunder
- 勇 bravery
- 在 reside
How these characters were chosen
Japanese has no letters for foreign names, so a name is first written in katakana — イライザ — which records how it sounds. Kanji are then chosen whose readings match those sounds. Because many characters share the same reading, there is never a single correct spelling; there are only choices, and each one changes what the name says.
伊良衣座 is built from 伊 (phonetic i), 良 (good), 衣 (clothing), 座 (seat). Every character here comes from a hand-checked dictionary, and combinations that happen to spell an ordinary Japanese word are rejected before you ever see them.