Name in Japanese R Raj

Raj in Japanese

ラージ
Katakana
ラージ
Hiragana
らーじ
Romaji (Hepburn)
Rāji

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

Read it one katakana at a time:

ラー
Ji

Full reading: Rāji

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

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 Raj becomes ラージ 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.