How to write “Diego” in Korean
디에고 di-e-go
What Korean friends call you
- 디에고야 di-e-go-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 디에고 씨 di-e-go-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 Diego
- 디에고 8 (100%)
Korean labels of 8 people named Diego on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Diego, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Diego Velázquez — 디에고 벨라스케스
- Diego Forlán — 디에고 포를란
- Diego Rivera — 디에고 리베라
- Diego Godín — 디에고 고딘
125,324 babies were named Diego in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 363rd most common name.
Block by block
- 디 = ㄷ + ㅣ · 3 strokes
Also in 디: Madison 매디슨 · Cody 코디 · Addison 애디슨
- 에 = ㅇ + ㅔ · 4 strokes
- 고 = ㄱ + ㅗ · 3 strokes
Also in 고: Gregory 그레고리 · Gordon 고든
디에고 takes 10 strokes in all.
More names: Amelia 아멜리아 · Vanessa 바네사 · Carson 카슨 · Miguel 미겔 · Levi 리바이
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