How to write “Esmeralda” in Korean

에스메랄다 e-seu-me-ral-da

What Korean friends call you

에스메랄다야 e-seu-me-ral-da-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
에스메랄다 씨 e-seu-me-ral-da-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

Calling someone, Koreans add 아 after a final consonant and 야 after a vowel.

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

50,086 babies were named Esmeralda in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 837th most common name.

에 = ㅇ + ㅔ · 4 strokes
- ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
- ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes
Also in 에: Emily 에밀리 · Ethan 에단 · Ava 에바
스 = ㅅ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
- ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 스: Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Nicholas 니콜라스 · James 제임스
메 = ㅁ + ㅔ · 6 strokes
- ㅁ 미음 (m) · 3 strokes
- ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes
Also in 메: Mason 메이슨 · Megan 메건 · Mary 메리
랄 = ㄹ + ㅏ + ㄹ · 8 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
- ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
다 = ㄷ + ㅏ · 4 strokes
- ㄷ 디귿 (d / t) · 2 strokes
- ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes
Also in 다: Daniel 다니엘 · Samantha 사만다 · Nathaniel 나다니엘

에스메랄다 takes 25 strokes in all.