Type your name and get a real Korean name — one that sounds like yours (谐음) or one that shares your name's meaning. Every character is a genuine Korean given-name Hanja, shown with its meaning and Revised Romanization, so it reads like a local's name, not a phonetic spelling. Pick a background and share the card. Browser-only — for fun, not your legal name.
Korean Name Generator
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How to use the Korean Name Generator
Type your name and pick a gender lean
Enter any name in any script. Choose Feminine, Masculine, or Either (the default, which draws on genuinely unisex name characters). It's deterministic — the same name and gender always give the same Korean name, so the card you share is what a friend will get when they try your name too.
Choose "By sound" or "By meaning"
By sound builds a Korean name that echoes how yours sounds (Min → 민, anchored on the closest-sounding name character). By meaning builds one whose Hanja roots match what your name means (Sophia "wisdom" → 지혜 / Jihye). Either way it's composed from real Korean given-name characters, not a letter-by-letter spelling.
Read the Hangul, Hanja and meaning
The card shows the name in Hangul (한글), its Hanja (한자 — the Chinese characters behind it) and Revised Romanization, plus the genuine meaning of each character in up to three languages. Korean given names are usually two syllables, each a meaning-bearing Hanja — that's the layer this tool surfaces.
Pick a background and share
Tap any background — hanji paper, spring palace, K-pop pastel — and the card updates live. Download or Share the image, or Copy text to paste your name + Hanja + meaning into a chat. The links at the bottom carry your name straight into the Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Malay and Indonesian generators.
What's your Korean name? How Korean names actually work
Type your name and this tool gives you a real Korean name — one that either sounds like yours or shares your name's meaning. Unlike a phonetic spelling (which just writes your foreign name in Hangul), every result here is composed from genuine Korean given-name characters, with its Hanja and meaning shown, so it reads like a local's name. That's the whole point: a Korean name carries meaning in its characters.
Hangul on the surface, Hanja underneath
Korean is written in Hangul (한글), the phonetic alphabet invented in 1443 — but most traditional given names also have Hanja (한자), the Chinese characters that carry the meaning. A name like 지혜 (Jihye) is written in Hangul but rooted in 智慧 "wisdom"; 민준 (Minjun) pairs 敏 "quick, clever" with 俊 "talented, handsome". This tool composes a name from real name-characters and shows you both layers — the Hangul you'd write and the Hanja meaning underneath. Korean and Chinese share these characters: 智 is read ji (지) in Korean and zhì in Chinese, which is why the engine can build a Korean name from the Korean readings of name Hanja.
There are only around 280 Korean surnames in total — and just three of them, Kim (김), Lee (이) and Park (박), account for nearly 45% of the entire population.
Surnames, generation names, and name order
The Korean surname comes first (Kim Min-jun = surname Kim, given name Min-jun), and Koreans are usually addressed by full name or by title — rarely the given name alone. Within a family, siblings and cousins of one generation often share a single syllable, the generational name (돌림자 / 항렬), so you can read someone's place in the family tree from their name. Choosing a baby's name is taken seriously: parents weigh the sound, the Hanja meaning, and even the stroke count, sometimes consulting a professional naming service (작명소).
Romanization, and the modern native-name trend
The romanizations here follow Revised Romanization (RR), the official system since 2000 — which is why older spellings differ (under the previous system Lee was "Yi", Park was "Pak"). RR is a reading aid; the Hangul is the authoritative form. A growing modern trend is native Korean names (한글 이름) with no Hanja at all — 하늘 "sky", 사랑 "love", 바다 "sea" — pure Korean words chosen for their sound and meaning. This tool leans on the classic Hanja-rooted style because that's where the traceable, shareable meaning lives.
For fun — and for K-culture fans
This is an entertainment tool: the name is a playful match, not your legal name. But the characters and meanings are real, which makes it a fun, accurate window into Korean naming — popular with K-pop and K-drama fans who want a Korean name that matches their own name's meaning or simply sounds right. Curious how your name lands elsewhere in Asia? The cross-links carry it into the other generators in one tap. A native-speaker review of meanings is ongoing.
10 Things to Know About Korean Names
Just three surnames — Kim (김), Lee (이) and Park (박) — cover nearly 45% of all Koreans. There are only about 280 surnames in total.
Korean given names are usually two syllables, each a Hanja (Chinese character) chosen for its meaning — the way English names draw on Greek, Latin and Hebrew roots.
The surname comes first: in "Kim Min-jun", Kim is the family name. Koreans are addressed by full name or title, rarely the given name alone.
Cousins of one generation often share a single syllable — the generation name (돌림자) — so you can read someone's place in the family tree from their name.
Names are usually written in Hangul but rooted in Hanja: 지혜 (Jihye) is the Hangul spelling of 智慧 "wisdom".
Korea and China share Hanja: 智 "wisdom" is read ji in Korean and zhì in Chinese — so a Korean name can be built from the Korean readings of name characters.
Official romanization is Revised Romanization (RR), used since 2000. Under the older system Lee was spelled "Yi" and Park was "Pak".
A modern trend is native Korean names (한글 이름) with no Hanja — pure Korean words like 하늘 "sky", 사랑 "love", 바다 "sea".
Naming a baby is taken seriously — parents weigh sound, Hanja meaning and even stroke count, sometimes hiring a professional naming service (작명소).
K-pop and K-drama have made Korean names global — many fans choose a Korean name that matches their own name's meaning or sound.
Frequently Asked Questions
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No — it's a playful match, for fun. The characters and meanings are real Korean given-name elements, but the assignment to you is entertainment, not your legal name or an official transliteration.
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By sound builds a Korean name that echoes how yours sounds. By meaning builds one whose Hanja roots match what your name means. Both compose from genuine Korean name characters — neither is a letter-by-letter spelling of your foreign name.
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Hanja (한자) are the Chinese characters behind most traditional Korean names. The Hangul shows how a name is written and pronounced; the Hanja carries the meaning. We show both so you can see what your name actually means, not just how it sounds.
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Most Korean given names are two syllables, each a separate meaning-bearing character — that's the standard, classic structure. One-syllable and three-syllable names exist but are less common, so the generator follows the two-syllable norm.
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We use Revised Romanization (RR), the official Korean system since 2000. It's a reading aid — the Hangul on the card is the authoritative form. Older spellings (Yi for Lee, Pak for Park) came from the previous McCune–Reischauer system.
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The Hanja meanings come from the Unicode Unihan database and a curated name-character set, so each character's meaning is genuine. The match of a name to you is the playful part. A native-speaker review is ongoing.
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Yes — it's deterministic. The same name + gender + mode always produce the same Korean name, so a shared card is reproducible. Click Another to step through alternative matches.
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Yes. The exported PNG uses a self-hosted Korean webfont, so Hangul rasterizes as real glyphs (no boxes). Everything runs in your browser — nothing is uploaded.
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Yes — the links at the bottom carry your typed name into the Japanese, Chinese, Thai, Malay and Indonesian generators, so you can compare how it lands across the region in one tap.
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Yes — use the language bar at the top of the page. The card and controls localize across English, 简体/繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Bahasa Melayu, Bahasa Indonesia and ไทย, and the meaning shows in up to three languages on the card.
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