How to write Wells in katakana
Japanese writes foreign names in katakana, one of its two alphabets, by sound rather than by spelling. Wells becomes ウェルズ, made of these parts:
| Katakana | Sound | Note |
|---|---|---|
| ウェ | we | two characters read as one sound |
| ル | ru | |
| ズ | zu |
When you write a full name, Japanese puts a middle dot between the first and last name, for example ウェルズ・スミス for Wells Smith.