How to write “Carly or Kali” in Korean
칼리 kal-li
What Korean friends call you
- 칼리야 kal-li-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 칼리 씨 kal-li-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 Carly
- 칼리 17 (100%)
Korean labels of 17 people named Carly on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Carly or Kali, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Carly Rae Jepsen — 칼리 레이 젭슨
- Carly Fiorina — 칼리 피오리나
- Carly Simon — 칼리 사이먼
- Carly Patterson — 칼리 패터슨
66,602 babies were named Carly in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 662nd most common name.
Block by block
- 칼 = ㅋ + ㅏ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 칼: Carl 칼 · Scarlett 스칼렛 · Carla 칼라
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
칼리 takes 11 strokes in all.
More names: Israel 이스라엘 · Beau 보 · Silas 사일러스 · Wanda 완다 · Dallas 댈러스
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