How to write “Clay” in Korean

클레이 keul-le-i Listen to 클레이, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 클레이야 keul-le-i-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 클레이 씨 keul-le-i-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 Clay

• 클레이 16 (100%)

Korean labels of 16 people named Clay on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• Clay Aiken — 클레이 에이킨
• Clay Shirky — 클레이 셔키
• Clay Higgins — 클레이 히긴스
• Clay Walker — 클레이 워커

30,164 babies were named Clay in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 1164th most common name.

Block by block

• 클 = ㅋ + ㅡ + ㄹ · 6 strokes
  • ㅋ 키읔 (k) · 2 strokes
  • ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 클: Michael 마이클 · Chloe 클로이 · Brooklyn 브루클린

• 레 = ㄹ + ㅔ · 6 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes

  Also in 레: Grace 그레이스 · Rachel 레이첼 · Blake 블레이크

• 이 = ㅇ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 이: Jacob 제이콥 · Michael 마이클 · David 데이비드

클레이 takes 14 strokes in all.

More names: Ada 에이다 · Deandre 디안드레 · Moises 모이세스 · Angelique 안젤리크 · Tiana 티아나

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