Emma
エマ
Ema
How It Is Said
- エe
- マma
Ema: two beats, each about the same length. Japanese has no strong stress, so the name is said evenly, beat by beat.
By Language
| Language | Katakana | Rōmaji | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | エマ | Ema | |
| German | エマ | Ema | |
| French | エマ | Ema | |
| Dutch | エマ | Ema |
What Happens to the Sounds
- The double mm is one sound in English, so katakana writes it once: エマ.
Emma in katakana is エマ, which sounds like 絵馬 (ema), the small wooden plaques on which people write their wishes at shrines.
To Type It
On a computer with Japanese input switched on, type ema, then press F7 on Windows or Control+K on a Mac to turn it into katakana. On a phone, type the same letters with the Japanese keyboard and choose エマ among the suggestions.
Why Katakana
In Japan, names from abroad are written in katakana, the script for words from other languages. Kanji versions of Western names are mostly invented, and a Japanese reader often sees odd meanings in them; the katakana is what a Japanese person would really write. More on katakana and names
