How to write “Adrian” in Korean
아드리안 a-deu-ri-an
Also written: 애드리언
What Korean friends call you
- 아드리안아 a-deu-ri-a-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 아드리안 씨 a-deu-ri-an-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work
Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.
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Korean spellings of Adrian
- 아드리안 12 (67%)
- 애드리안 4 (22%)
- 애드리언 2 (11%)
Korean labels of 18 people named Adrian on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 에이드리언; most Koreans write 아드리안.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Adrian Gonzalez 애드리언 (sometimes 아드리안, 에이드리언); Adrian Houser 아드리안 (sometimes 에이드리언, 애드리언); Adrian Peterson 아드리안 (sometimes 애드리언, 에이드리언).
Well-known people named Adrian, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Adrian Mutu — 아드리안 무투
- Adrian Hasler — 아드리안 하슬러
- Adrian Frutiger — 아드리안 프루티거
- Adrian Mierzejewski — 아드리안 미에르제예프스키
271,853 babies were named Adrian in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 159th most common name.
Block by block
- 아 = ㅇ + ㅏ · 3 strokes
Also in 아: Joshua 조슈아 · Olivia 올리비아 · Noah 노아
- 드 = ㄷ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 드: Andrew 앤드루 · David 데이비드 · Sydney 시드니
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
- 안 = ㅇ + ㅏ + ㄴ · 4 strokes
Also in 안: Anna 안나 · Juan 후안 · Julian 줄리안
아드리안 takes 14 strokes in all.
More names: Jennifer 제니퍼 · Allison 앨리슨 · Katherine 캐서린 · Avery 에이버리 · Julia 줄리아
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