Leighton

in Japanese

玲斗

Rei · To

jade chime · Big Dipper

How Japanese people write Leightonレイトン

Character by character

Other ways to write Leighton

嶺都

Rei · To

summit · capital

黎翔

Rei · To

dawn · soaring

About Leighton in Japanese

In Japan, Leighton is written レイトン in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 玲斗 is read Rei · To. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 玲 (Rei, jade chime), 斗 (To, Big Dipper).

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Questions

How do you write Leighton in Japanese?+

Leighton is written レイトン in katakana. A kanji spelling is 玲斗, read Rei · To.

What does 玲斗 mean?+

Character by character, 玲斗 means jade chime · Big Dipper.

Is 玲斗 a real Japanese name?+

It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Rei · To and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Leighton is written in katakana: レイトン.

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