Korean Name in English (Romanizer)
Write a Korean name in English letters the way Korean passports do, with the surname spellings Koreans actually use and Last/First name fields. Place names follow South Korea’s official Revised Romanization.
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How to use
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Choose names or places and words, and enter one per line in Hangul
For names, choose joined, hyphenated or spaced given names and the name order
Check surname spelling shares and the Last/First name fields in the passport preview, then copy
How it works and good to know
Follows South Korea’s official Revised Romanization of Korean (Ministry of Culture notice 2024-27). Names are romanized syllable by syllable without sound changes (Han Boknam), and the given name can be joined, hyphenated or spaced, all of which Korean passports allow. One-syllable surnames default to the spelling most common in a 2007 sample of 63,351 Korean passports (National Institute of Korean Language), and surnames with at least 20 entries show the share of each spelling. Spellings the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lists as negative (such as SIN or GANG) and single-vowel given names (KIM A) are flagged. Places and words follow standard pronunciation for assimilation, palatalization and aspiration; tense consonants are not marked. A Korean passport name can only be changed later for reasons set in law. Text is converted in your browser and never sent to a server.