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So my name is written Anibal, I'm from Brazil, just so you know. I'd like to
know how would you write it in japanese, I'm in doubt between A-ni-ba-ru and
A-ni-ba-e-ru. Any further explanation would be much appreciated.
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grammar katakana names
How would you write the name Anibal in Japanese?
For this kind of question, you can start by seeing how other people spell it.
I searched the Japanese Wikipedia for **Anibal**. Here were the top two
results:

  * [Anibal Alejandro Sanchez](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%8B%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%81%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9) - **アニバル** ・アレハンドロ・サンチェス
  * [Tarso Anibal Santanna Marques](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B1%E3%82%B9) - タルソ・ **アニバル** ・サンタナ・マルケス

How you transcribe a name usually depends on its _pronunciation_ , not its
_spelling_ , so it's possible that an Anibal from a different region would
have a different transcription. But you said you're from Brazil, and so is the
second person I linked to above, so it seems reasonable to spell your name the
same way as his. And that's true regardless of whether it's based on spelling
or pronunciation--following convention in transcribing names is usually a good
thing. So based on this, I think **アニバル** seems like a good spelling.

If you can't read katakana, that's **A-ni-ba-ru** , just like your first
guess. That would usually be written without hyphens, so it's **Anibaru**.
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As far as I know, the final L is pronounced [u], so that Anibal could also be
アニバウ (A-ni-ba-u), which represents the pronunciation more faithfully than アニバル
(which sounds more like Anibaru, when pronounced as a Portuguese speaker
would).
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