How to write “Dalton” in Korean
달튼 dal-teun
What Korean friends call you
- 달튼아 dal-teu-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 달튼 씨 dal-teun-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 Dalton
- 돌턴 3 (60%)
- 달튼 2 (40%)
Korean labels of 5 people named Dalton on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 돌턴; most Koreans write 달튼.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Dalton Knecht 달튼; Dalton Trumbo 달튼 (sometimes 돌턴).
Well-known people named Dalton, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Dalton James — 달튼 제임스
79,985 babies were named Dalton in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 572nd most common name.
Block by block
- 달 = ㄷ + ㅏ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 달: Kendall 켄달 · Darlene 달린 · Guadalupe 과달루페
- 튼 = ㅌ + ㅡ + ㄴ · 5 strokes
Also in 튼: Peyton 페이튼 · Colton 콜튼 · Ashton 애쉬튼
달튼 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Leslie 레슬리 · Diana 다이애나 · Kendall 켄달 · Gianna 지아나 · Cheyenne 샤이엔
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