How to write “Ivan” in Korean

이반 i-ban Listen to 이반, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

Also written: 아이반

What Korean friends call you

• 이반아 i-ba-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 이반 씨 i-ban-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 Ivan

• 이반 15 (100%)

Korean labels of 15 people named Ivan on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 아이번; most Koreans write 이반.

Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Ivan Toney 이반 (sometimes 아이반, 아이번); Ivan Reitman 이반 (sometimes 아이번, 아이반).

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

• Ivan Turgenev — 이반 투르게네프
• Ivan Bunin — 이반 부닌
• Ivan Pavlov — 이반 파블로프
• Ivan Krylov — 이반 크릴로프

120,399 babies were named Ivan in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 386th most common name.

Block by block

• 이 = ㅇ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 이: Jacob 제이콥 · Michael 마이클 · David 데이비드

• 반 = ㅂ + ㅏ + ㄴ · 7 strokes
  • ㅂ 비읍 (b / p) · 4 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes
  • ㄴ 니은 (n) · 1 stroke

  Also in 반: Evan 에반 · Giovanni 조반니 · Esteban 에스테반

이반 takes 9 strokes in all.

More names: George 조지 · Katie 케이티 · Grant 그랜트 · Travis 트래비스 · Max 맥스

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