KOREAN NAME ROMANIZER
How is a Korean name written in English?
Enter a Korean name in Hangul and get the recommended English spelling — the one most Koreans actually use on their passports. Recommendations are based on official passport statistics from the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the national romanization rules.
Why do Korean names have multiple English spellings?
Korean has an official romanization system, but passport names often follow long-standing conventions instead. For example, the surname 김 is officially romanized as GIM, yet more than 99% of Korean passports spell it KIM. EngNaming shows both the standard spelling and the spelling Koreans actually use, with real usage percentages per syllable.
What you get for each name
- A recommended English name based on Korean MOFA passport statistics
- Per-syllable usage percentages (e.g. KIM 99% vs GIM 1%)
- The expected standard romanization used by the passport office
- Warnings for spellings that look like negative English words