How to write “Bobby” in Korean
보비 bo-bi
What Korean friends call you
- 보비야 bo-bi-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 보비 씨 bo-bi-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 Bobby
- 보비 55 (75%)
- 바비 18 (25%)
Korean labels of 73 people named Bobby on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Bobby, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Bobby Charlton — 보비 찰턴
- Bobby Robson — 보비 롭슨
- Bobby Moore — 보비 무어
- Bobby Morrow — 보비 모로
122,319 babies were named Bobby in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 377th most common name.
Block by block
- 보 = ㅂ + ㅗ · 6 strokes
Also in 보: Deborah 데보라 · Bonnie 보니 · Beau 보
- 비 = ㅂ + ㅣ · 5 strokes
Also in 비: David 데이비드 · Olivia 올리비아 · Abigail 애비게일
보비 takes 11 strokes in all.
More names: Elias 엘리아스 · Brent 브렌트 · Sheila 실라 · Nora 노라 · Gerald 제럴드
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