names · 漢字 — cinema ES your wallpaper ↓
i · the name
a Japanese calligrapher traveling the world
presents

Ella

エラ
from Germanic alia — "the other one, the different one"
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ii · three scripts

Three Japanese scripts. Two of them are fixed. The third one is not.

That is where a person has to choose, not a translator: a Japanese calligrapher who has already written the names of more than 500 people by hand, on the street, one by one.

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He chose 7 versions for this name. The one he recommends most is in the second half.
iii · kanji i
笑良
e-ra
the smile, and a life well lived
see what it means
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iv · about kanji i

笑良

  • 笑ethe smile, always there
  • 良rawhat is good, a life well lived
a bright, well-lived name — for someone who smiles and does things well.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of smiling always, and living a life well lived.

v · kanji ii
瑛蘭
e-ra
crystal, and the orchid
see what it means
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vi · about kanji ii

瑛蘭

  • 瑛ethe transparent shine of crystal
  • 蘭rathe orchid, the flower with an elegant line
a clear, elegant name — for someone who needs no ornament.
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of shining with the clarity of crystal, and keeping the elegant line of the orchid.

see the other versions
vii · there is more

There are five more versions you are not seeing.

  • 恵楽— the open hand, with a taste for living
  • 縁来— the encounter, with the future already drawing near
  • 映羅— standing out, with the elegant fall of silk
  • 栄蘭— prosperity, with the elegant line of the orchid
  • 江良— the wide river, with a life well lived
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iii 恵楽
e-rathe open hand, and joy
  • 恵egiving, sharing out what you have
  • 楽rathe taste for living, joy
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of sharing out what you have, and never letting go of the taste for living.

choose this one
iv 縁来
e-rathe encounter, and the future drawing near
  • 縁ethe encounter, the tie that appears
  • 来rawhat is coming, the future drawing near
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of looking after the tie that appears, and going out to meet the future drawing near.

choose this one
v 映羅
e-rastanding out, and fine silk
  • 映estanding out, looking right wherever you are
  • 羅rafine silk, the cloth that falls with elegance
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of standing out wherever you are, and falling with the elegance of fine silk.

choose this one
vi 栄蘭
e-raprosperity, and the orchid
  • 栄eprospering, having what is yours flourish
  • 蘭rathe orchid, the flower with an elegant line
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of seeing what is yours flourish, and keeping the elegant line of the orchid.

choose this one
vii 江良
e-rathe wide river, and a life well lived
  • 江ethe wide river, what opens out
  • 良rawhat is good, a life well lived
this is how your card sounds 🔊

Your name carries the meaning of opening out like a wide river, and living a life well lived.

choose this one
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viii · wallpaper
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笑良
Ella
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笑良
Ella
Smiling always, and living a life well lived.
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It is not just a wallpaper — take the meaning with you too.

Choose the background, the lettering, whether to show your name or the meaning of your kanji — and download it ready for your lock screen or to share.

🎨 make your own wallpaper →
ix · from his own hand

This is how the calligrapher writes — three pieces, one hand.

Everything above is drawn by a typeface: a thousand Ellas, the same stroke. Not this one. The calligrapher dips the brush and writes yours a single time — the ink opens where it opens, the stroke breaks where it breaks.

風露依 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
夢玖 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
慈英夢寿 — written with a brush by the calligrapher
three pieces by the calligrapher · brush and ink on paper · none of them says your name yet
I want mine, written by hand →
30 USD — and there is no second copy.
x · for you, not for the name

Shall we choose your kanji together?

Everything above was chosen for the name Ella — the same for any Ella. A commission is different: you tell the calligrapher what matters to you, what you want to protect and who you want to become — and together you pick the best kanji.

If you are getting it tattooed, or you seriously want a kanji that is only yours — start here.

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xi · wear it

The same kanji, on something you can touch.

Your name printed on what you use every day. We do not sell the shirt: we give you the file and you take it to your printer.

笑良
Ella
T-shirt
笑良
Mug
笑良
Tote bag
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no background, at print size — there you choose the kanji, the lettering style and the orientation

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千 · Japanese calligrapher · traveling the world · 2026