*shrugs*

Barbara (f) Greek, “a stranger”

Kana transcription:

バーバラ／ばーばら

Purely phonetic transcription:

馬亜馬等　瑪雅磨羅　場蛙魔喇　羽雅碆螺　婆薔薇　and also　馬場等　瑪磨羅　婆芭鑼　羽碆螺

Purely denotative transcription:

部外者 = a stranger, bugaisha;　他人 = a stranger, tannin;　不案内者 = a stranger, fuannai-sha;　客人 = a guest person, kyaku-jin;　異国人 – a stranger, ikoku-jin

Phonetic & denotative transcription:

磨薔薇 = a refined rose (which is not found locally), hence a “stranger”;　羽薔薇 = a feather-like rose, hence a “stranger” (a strange kind of rose not found locally);　婆罵裸 = an old woman who is shouting in the nude, hence a “stranger”

Phonetic and eulogistic transcription:

芭薔薇 = a rose;　馬場鑼 = the gong at a stable;　芭磨良 = a good refined flower

Attention-getting transcription:

婆蛙罵裸 = an old woman frog shouting in the nude;　馬唖婆蝸 = a horse laughing at an old snail

　　From “Write Your Name in Japanese Kanji” by Nobuo Sato