How to write “Barbara” in Korean

바버라 ba-beo-ra Listen to 바버라, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 바버라야 ba-beo-ra-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 바버라 씨 ba-beo-ra-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 Barbara

• 바버라 95 (66%)
• 바바라 48 (34%)

Korean labels of 143 people named Barbara on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Well-known people named Barbara, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Barbara McClintock — 바버라 매클린톡
• Barbara Bush — 바버라 부시
• Barbara Walters — 바버라 월터스
• Barbara Hershey — 바버라 허시

240,570 babies were named Barbara in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 183rd most common name.

Block by block

• 바 = ㅂ + ㅏ · 6 strokes
  • ㅂ 비읍 (b / p) · 4 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 바: Ava 에바 · Sebastian 세바스찬 · Vanessa 바네사

• 버 = ㅂ + ㅓ · 6 strokes
  • ㅂ 비읍 (b / p) · 4 strokes
  • ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes

  Also in 버: Robert 로버트 · Avery 에이버리 · Amber 앰버

• 라 = ㄹ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 라: Nicholas 니콜라스 · Ryan 라이언 · Isabella 이저벨라

바버라 takes 17 strokes in all.

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