Best Overall
留伊図
るいーず
The most balanced reading — natural sound, clear meaning.
- 留 remain
- 伊 phonetic i
- 図 plan
Louise in Japanese Kanji
Pronounced ルイーズ · るいーず · ruizu
Elegant
瑠衣瑞
るいーず
Softer characters, chosen for how they look and feel on the page.
- 瑠 lapis lazuli
- 衣 clothing
- 瑞 auspicious
Bold
流威随
るいーず
Stronger strokes and more striking meanings.
- 流 flow
- 威 dignity
- 随 follow
How these characters were chosen
Japanese has no letters for foreign names, so a name is first written in katakana — ルイーズ — 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.
留伊図 is built from 留 (remain), 伊 (phonetic i), 図 (plan). 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.