How to write “Franklin” in Korean

프랭클린 peu-raeng-keul-lin

What Korean friends call you

프랭클린아 peu-raeng-keul-li-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
프랭클린 씨 peu-raeng-keul-lin-ssi — polite: someone you just met, or at work

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

Korean labels of 24 people named Franklin on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

55,584 babies were named Franklin in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 764th most common name.

프 = ㅍ + ㅡ · 5 strokes
- ㅍ 피읖 (p) · 4 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
Also in 프: Jeffrey 제프리 · Preston 프레스턴 · April 에이프릴
랭 = ㄹ + ㅐ + ㅇ · 7 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
- ㅐ 애 (ae) · 3 strokes
- ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
Also in 랭: Frank 프랭크 · Frankie 프랭키
클 = ㅋ + ㅡ + ㄹ · 6 strokes
- ㅋ 키읔 (k) · 2 strokes
- ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
Also in 클: Michael 마이클 · Chloe 클로이 · Brooklyn 브루클린
린 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄴ · 5 strokes
- ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
- ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
- ㄴ 니은 (n) · 1 stroke
Also in 린: Katherine 캐서린 · Kaitlyn 케이틀린 · Evelyn 에블린

프랭클린 takes 23 strokes in all.