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Find Your Korean Name
Take 30 seconds. Get a real, meaningful Korean name — with hanja breakdown, pronunciation, and cultural notes.
How it works
- 1. Sound match. Your first letter is mapped to Korean given names that share that first sound (e.g. J → 지/준/제).
- 2. Gender filter. Korean names skew gendered, so we honor your pick — or include unisex names if you choose “Doesn't matter.”
- 3. Personality match. If you pick traits, we score names by how well their cultural vibe overlaps with yours.
- 4. Deterministic pick. We hash your full input and pick stably from the remaining pool — so the share URL always reproduces the same name.
122 given names (52 female, 56 male, 14 unisex) plus the 20 most common Korean family names. Every entry is hand-curated with hanja meanings and references from K-pop and K-drama.
Frequently asked questions
- How does the Korean name generator work?
- We map the first letter of your English name to a real Korean given name with a matching first sound, filter by gender and personality, then deterministically pick from the remaining pool — so the same input always gives the same Korean name. If you supply a last name, we also pick a Korean surname from the top 20 most common in Korea.
- Are these real Korean names?
- Yes. Every name is hand-curated from names actually used by Koreans born between 1990 and 2020. Our database contains 122 given names (52 female, 56 male, 14 unisex) plus the 20 most common Korean family names, with hanja meanings drawn from standard Korean naming dictionaries.
- Can I use this name in Korea?
- Absolutely — these are normal Korean names you'd hear at any Korean school or workplace. Many learners adopt one of these as a 'Korean nickname' for language exchange or when traveling. Note that Korean legal names are issued at birth and require Korean nationality, so this is for cultural / language-learning use, not legal use.
- What does my Korean name mean?
- Each Korean name is built from one or two hanja (Chinese characters borrowed into Korean). Each character carries a meaning — for example, 지 (智) means 'wisdom' and 민 (民) means 'people', so 지민 means 'wise people' or 'wisdom of the people'. We show the breakdown for every result.
- How are Korean names structured (family + given)?
- Korean names follow the order family-name-first, then given name — opposite of English. So 김지민 means family name 김 (Kim) plus given name 지민 (Jimin). Family names are almost always one syllable; given names are almost always two syllables. The same hangul can have different hanja with subtly different meanings.
- Will the same input always give me the same Korean name?
- Yes — the matching is fully deterministic. Type the same English name and pick the same gender/personality, and you'll get the same Korean name every time. This means you can share the result URL with friends and they'll see exactly your name.
