How do you write "Miranda" in Japanese?


I'm sure many people learning a language have written their name in that
language. Before actively learning Japanese, I noticed that any translation
website changed the spelling of my name. It went from Miranda to Mirinda.
Since there is a character for Ra why is it not used? Is it a matter of
pronunciation?




Miranda transliterates unambiguously to ミランダ _Miranda_. In fact, ラ _ra_ is
pronounced [[ɺa]], where [[ɺ]] is a sound between R and L.

In fact, the names of many other people (or places) called Miranda are
transcribed in this way (see
[ミランダ](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80) on
Japanese Wikipedia).

You can also check the ENAMDICT database for Japanese names (via
<http://jisho.org>, for example). The database contains a fair number of
foreign names (of people and places) transliterated to Japanese. For "Miranda"
they are all transliterated as ミランダ: <http://jisho.org/search/miranda>.

