How to write “David” in Korean

데이비드 de-i-bi-deu Listen to 데이비드, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 데이비드야 de-i-bi-deu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 데이비드 씨 de-i-bi-deu-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 David

• 데이비드 1,059 (100%)

Korean labels of 1,059 people named David on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• David Hume — 데이비드 흄
• David Cameron — 데이비드 캐머런
• David Beckham — 데이비드 베컴
• David Bowie — 데이비드 보위

2,168,356 babies were named David in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 2nd most common name.

Block by block

• 데 = ㄷ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
  • ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
  • ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes

  Also in 데: Destiny 데스티니 · Devin 데빈 · Derek 데릭

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

  Also in 이: Jacob 제이콥 · Michael 마이클 · Ryan 라이언

• 비 = ㅂ + ㅣ · 5 strokes
  • ㅂ 비읍 (b / p) · 4 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 비: Olivia 올리비아 · Abigail 애비게일 · Xavier 재비어

• 드 = ㄷ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
  • ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
  • ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke

  Also in 드: Andrew 앤드루 · Sydney 시드니 · Adrian 아드리안

데이비드 takes 15 strokes in all.

More names: Alexander 알렉산더 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · Ryan 라이언 · James 제임스 · Tyler 타일러

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