What would be the best way to write my name in katakana?

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I’m asking mainly because my name has an accent (Lívian) and all names I’m learning about are english, who don’t have those.
I was thinking リービアン would be the best bet, but I wanted to ask here just in case! Sorry if this is the wrong topic

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I imagine that since “í” is more like /iː/ in an IPA transcription, your transcription to Katakana sounds great. And if you were to speak with that elongation as well, others should catch on too!

A note that “v” can also be transcripted like “ヴィ” as well, and may sometimes be the preferred spelling as well (such as Vivaldi being ヴィヴァルディ). But it’s not like ビ is wrong either.

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thank you so much! リーヴィアン it is.

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