Best Overall
茂理須
もーりす
The most balanced reading — natural sound, clear meaning.
- 茂 grow thick
- 理 reason
- 須 necessary
Maurice in Japanese Kanji
Pronounced モーリス · もーりす · morisu
Elegant
萌莉澄
もーりす
Softer characters, chosen for how they look and feel on the page.
- 萌 fresh growth
- 莉 jasmine
- 澄 clear
Bold
猛利洲
もーりす
Stronger strokes and more striking meanings.
- 猛 powerful
- 利 benefit
- 洲 sandbar
How these characters were chosen
Japanese has no letters for foreign names, so a name is first written in katakana — モーリス — 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.
茂理須 is built from 茂 (grow thick), 理 (reason), 須 (necessary). 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.