How to write Genevieve in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Genevieve becomes ジュヌビエーブ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ジュ | ju | two characters read as one sound |
| ヌ | nu | |
| ビ | bi | |
| エ | e | |
| ー | – | long vowel mark: hold the sound before it a little longer |
| ブ | bu |
You may also see Genevieve written ジュヌヴィエーヴ (Junuviēvu). Both are used; ジュヌビエーブ is the more common spelling.
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ジュヌビエーブ・スミス for Genevieve Smith.