Colby
in Japanese
Kō · Ru · Bi
light · lapis lazuli · beauty
Character by character
Other ways to write Colby
煌琉毘
Kō · Ru · Bi
brilliance · precious stone · Bishamon (guardian god)
虎流美
Ko · Ru · Bi
tiger · flow · beauty
About Colby in Japanese
In Japan, Colby is written コルビー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 光瑠美 is read Kō · Ru · Bi. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 光 (Kō, light), 瑠 (Ru, lapis lazuli), 美 (Bi, beauty).
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How do you write Colby in Japanese?+
Colby is written コルビー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 光瑠美, read Kō · Ru · Bi.
What does 光瑠美 mean?+
Character by character, 光瑠美 means light · lapis lazuli · beauty.
Is 光瑠美 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Kō · Ru · Bi and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Colby is written in katakana: コルビー.