ローラ
Rōra
The English name Laura is written in Japanese as ローラ (Rōra).
ローラ is the katakana representation used for the name Laura.
Meaning: female given name (name)
Which one should you use?
ローラさん is used when addressing someone with more respect, while ローラちゃん is used as an affectionate or cute way to address someone. The form ローラちゃんね adds a conversational tone to the affectionate version.
How does it change in a sentence?
Adding the honorific さん increases formality, while adding the diminutive ちゃん creates an affectionate tone. Adding ね to the end of ローラちゃん makes the phrase sound more conversational.
How do you pronounce it?
The romanization is Rōra.
Did you know?
- While ローラ is used for the name 'Laura', the same characters are used in Japanese to refer to 'roller skates' or 'rollers', which are called ローラースケート.
- If a person wants to write ローラ using kanji instead of katakana, they must choose characters based on meaning or sound, such as 楼 for 'tower' and 羅 for 'gauze'.
- When writing ローラ vertically, the long vowel mark ー rotates 90 degrees to become a vertical line.
Examples in context
- ローラさん、元気ですか？Hello, Laura. How are you?
- ローラさんはとても親切です。Rōra-san wa totemo shinsetsu desu.Laura is very kind.
- ローラさんはアメリカ人ですか？Rōra-san wa Amerika-jin desu ka?Is Laura American?
- ローラさんの描いた絵は綺麗です。Rōra-san no kaita e wa kirei desu.The picture Laura drew is beautiful.
Example conversation
Kenta and Himari are talking about a mutual friend.
- 健太 Kentaローラは明日来ますか？Rōra wa ashita kimasu ka?Is Laura coming tomorrow?
- 陽葵 Himariはい、ローラが来ると言っていました。Hai, Rōra ga kuru to itte imashita.Yes, Laura said she would come.
- 健太 Kentaそれはよかった。Sore wa yokatta.That's good.
- 陽葵 Himari楽しみですね。Tanoshimi desu ne.I'm looking forward to it.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “laura” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
