How to write “Dorothy” in Korean

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What Korean friends call you

• 도로시야 do-ro-si-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 도로시 씨 do-ro-si-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 Dorothy

• 도로시 53 (65%)
• 도러시 29 (35%)

Korean labels of 82 people named Dorothy on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• Dorothy Parker — 도로시 파커
• Dorothy Day — 도로시 데이
• Dorothy Lamour — 도로시 라무어
• Dorothy Gish — 도로시 기시

66,866 babies were named Dorothy in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 661st most common name.

Block by block

• 도 = ㄷ + ㅗ · 4 strokes
  • ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
  • ㅗ 오 (o) · 2 strokes

  Also in 도: Dominic 도미닉 · Eduardo 에두아르도 · Donald 도널드

• 로 = ㄹ + ㅗ · 5 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅗ 오 (o) · 2 strokes

  Also in 로: Logan 로건 · Robert 로버트 · Lauren 로렌

• 시 = ㅅ + ㅣ · 3 strokes
  • ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 시: Alexis 알렉시스 · Jessica 제시카 · Sydney 시드니

도로시 takes 12 strokes in all.

More names: Carly 칼리 · Israel 이스라엘 · Beau 보 · Silas 사일러스 · Wanda 완다

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