How to write “George” in Korean
조지 jo-ji
What Korean friends call you
- 조지야 jo-ji-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 조지 씨 jo-ji-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 George
- 조지 571 (100%)
Korean labels of 571 people named George on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named George, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- George W. Bush — 조지 W. 부시
- George Washington — 조지 워싱턴
- George Orwell — 조지 오웰
- George H. W. Bush — 조지 H. W. 부시
333,709 babies were named George in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 120th most common name.
Block by block
- 조 = ㅈ + ㅗ · 4 strokes
Also in 조: Joshua 조슈아 · Joseph 조셉 · Jordan 조던
- 지 = ㅈ + ㅣ · 3 strokes
Also in 지: Mackenzie 맥켄지 · Paige 페이지 · Gianna 지아나
조지 takes 7 strokes in all.
More names: Katie 케이티 · Grant 그랜트 · Travis 트래비스 · Max 맥스 · Bradley 브래들리
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