How to write Hanief (my name) in Japanese?


I'm Indonesian and am still learning Japanese. I'm curious how to write my
name Hanief (Haniif or usually just Hanif).

It's from the Arabic word (حنيف) and means

  1. righteous
  2. upright or true believer

Is this katakana right?

  * ハニーフ
  * ハニエフ




I think that either ハニーフ or ハニフ is probably what you want.

As has been mentioned in the comments, both seem to be used by people with the
same name. I think the best way to choose between the two is to use the
pronunciation/intonation in your native language as a guide:

  * if you pronounce your name as **_Ha** nif_ (i.e. the stress on the first syllable / short _i_ ), you might want to go for ハニフ

  * if you pronounce it _Han **i** f_ (i.e. stress on the second syllable / long _i_ ), you might want to go for ハニーフ.

(The reason is that the natural pitch accent will be ハニフ【HLL】 and ハニーフ【LHLL】
and one of those would be a better match for the intonation in your language.)

