How to write “Desmond” in Korean
데즈먼드 de-jeu-meon-deu
What Korean friends call you
- 데즈먼드야 de-jeu-meon-deu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 데즈먼드 씨 de-jeu-meon-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 Desmond
- 데즈먼드 38 (95%)
- 데스먼드 2 (5%)
Korean labels of 40 people named Desmond on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Desmond, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Desmond Tutu — 데즈먼드 투투
- Desmond Doss — 데즈먼드 도스
- Desmond Llewelyn — 데즈먼드 루엘린
- Desmond Bane — 데즈먼드 베인
38,729 babies were named Desmond in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 982nd most common name.
Block by block
- 데 = ㄷ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
Also in 데: David 데이비드 · Destiny 데스티니 · Devin 데빈
- 즈 = ㅈ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 즈: Denise 데니즈 · Ezra 에즈라 · Rose 로즈
- 먼 = ㅁ + ㅓ + ㄴ · 6 strokes
Also in 먼: Raymond 레이먼드 · Roman 로먼 · Damon 데이먼
- 드 = ㄷ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 드: Andrew 앤드루 · David 데이비드 · Sydney 시드니
데즈먼드 takes 17 strokes in all.
More names: Fatima 파티마 · Jazmine 재즈민 · Salvador 살바도르 · Mindy 민디 · Justice 저스티스
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