How to write “Christian” in Korean

크리스천 keu-ri-seu-cheon

Also written: 크리스찬, 크리스티안, 크리스티앙

What Korean friends call you

크리스천아 keu-ri-seu-cheo-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
크리스천 씨 keu-ri-seu-cheon-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 Christian

크리스천 50 (76%)
크리스찬 16 (24%)

Korean labels of 66 people named Christian on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Christian Bale 크리스천 (sometimes 크리스찬); Christian Yelich 크리스티안 (sometimes 크리스티앙, 크리스천, 크리스찬); Christian Pulisic 크리스천 (sometimes 크리스찬, 크리스티안, 크리스티앙).

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

Christian B. Anfinsen — 크리스천 B. 앤핀선
Christian Slater — 크리스천 슬레이터
Christian Serratos — 크리스천 세라토스

463,907 babies were named Christian in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 76th most common name.

Block by block

크 = ㅋ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
- ㅋ 키읔 (k) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 크: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Luke 루크 · Blake 블레이크
리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
- ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
- ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
천 = ㅊ + ㅓ + ㄴ · 6 strokes
- ㅊ 치읓 (ch) · 3 strokes
- ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes
- ㄴ 니은 (n) · 1 stroke
Also in 천: Gretchen 그레천

크리스천 takes 16 strokes in all.

More names: Zachary 재커리 · Isabella 이저벨라 · Dylan 딜런 · Abigail 애비게일 · Samantha 사만다

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