Name in Japanese A Adley

Adley in Japanese

アドリー
Katakana
アドリー
Hiragana
あどりー
Romaji (Hepburn)
Adorī

This is the common, natural katakana for Adley. Katakana approximates English sounds, so a slightly different spelling can also be valid — treat this as a reliable default, not the single "correct" answer.

How Adley sounds in Japanese

Read it one katakana at a time:

A
Do
リー

Full reading: Adorī

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Why Adley is written in katakana

In Japanese, foreign names are written in katakana — the angular script reserved for words borrowed from other languages. So on a form, a name tag, a delivery slip or a news article in Japan, Adley appears as アドリー. This is the correct and respectful way a non-Japanese name is represented; it is not a kanji "translation". A Japanese reader sees アドリー and immediately reads it by its sound, Adorī.

Katakana is a syllabary, so English sounds are fitted to the nearest Japanese syllables and every consonant (except ん) is followed by a vowel. That is why Adley becomes アドリー rather than a letter-for-letter copy. More than one katakana spelling can be reasonable for the same name, which is why we flag whether a spelling is a long-established one or a natural default.