Molly
in Japanese
Mo · Ri
lushness · jasmine
Character by character
Other ways to write Molly
萌里
Mo · Ri
bud · village
森
Mori
forest
About Molly in Japanese
In Japan, Molly is written モリー in katakana, the script used for foreign names. The kanji spelling 茂莉 is read Mo · Ri. Every character uses one of its real Japanese readings and was chosen for its meaning: 茂 (Mo, lushness), 莉 (Ri, jasmine).
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How do you write Molly in Japanese?+
Molly is written モリー in katakana. A kanji spelling is 茂莉, read Mo · Ri.
What does 茂莉 mean?+
Character by character, 茂莉 means lushness · jasmine.
Is 茂莉 a real Japanese name?+
It is a phonetic spelling (ateji): Japanese readers will read it as Mo · Ri and see the meaning of each character. In everyday Japanese, a foreign name like Molly is written in katakana: モリー.