How to write “Harold” in Korean
해럴드 hae-reol-deu
What Korean friends call you
- 해럴드야 hae-reol-deu-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 해럴드 씨 hae-reol-deu-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 Harold
- 해럴드 128 (89%)
- 해롤드 16 (11%)
Korean labels of 144 people named Harold on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Harold, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Harold Pinter — 해럴드 핀터
- Harold Macmillan — 해럴드 맥밀런
- Harold Wilson — 해럴드 윌슨
- Harold Urey — 해럴드 클레이턴 유리
77,142 babies were named Harold in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 586th most common name.
Block by block
- 해 = ㅎ + ㅐ · 6 strokes
Also in 해: Harrison 해리슨 · Harry 해리 · Hadley 해들리
- 럴 = ㄹ + ㅓ + ㄹ · 8 strokes
Also in 럴: Carol 캐럴 · Carolyn 캐럴린 · Gerald 제럴드
- 드 = ㄷ + ㅡ · 3 strokes
Also in 드: Andrew 앤드루 · David 데이비드 · Sydney 시드니
해럴드 takes 17 strokes in all.
More names: Bianca 비앙카 · Clara 클라라 · Joyce 조이스 · Eliana 엘리아나 · Andy 앤디
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