How would the name Leah be spelled in Japanese?

Question

I read somewhere that to know how somebodies name is spelled and pronounced in Japanese the person would have to know how the persons name is pronounced. My name is pronounce Lee uh. can anyone tell me how my name would be spelled and pronounced in Japanese?

Answer 1

Riia

Answer 2

Your name would be pronounced as Ree-uh, spelled Riia, and written as リーア.

(Japanese cannot pronounce the 'L' sound. Instead, their 'R's are rolled so that the sound is somewhere between a D, an R, and an L, much like in Spanish and Latin.)