Name in Japanese L Lesa

Lesa in Japanese

レサ
Katakana
レサ
Hiragana
れさ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Resa

This is the common, natural katakana for Lesa. 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 Lesa sounds in Japanese

Read it one katakana at a time:

Re
Sa

Full reading: Resa

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Why Lesa 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, Lesa appears as レサ. This is the correct and respectful way a non-Japanese name is represented; it is not a kanji "translation". A Japanese reader sees レサ and immediately reads it by its sound, Resa.

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 Lesa becomes レサ 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.