How to write “Jay” in Korean
제이 je-i
What Korean friends call you
- 제이야 je-i-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 제이 씨 je-i-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 Jay
- 제이 142 (100%)
Korean labels of 142 people named Jay on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Jay, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Jay Leno — 제이 레노
- Jay Bothroyd — 제이 보스로이드
- Jay Baruchel — 제이 바루첼
- Jay Mohr — 제이 모어
115,504 babies were named Jay in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 398th most common name.
Block by block
- 제 = ㅈ + ㅔ · 5 strokes
Also in 제: Jacob 제이콥 · James 제임스 · Jessica 제시카
- 이 = ㅇ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
Also in 이: Jacob 제이콥 · Michael 마이클 · David 데이비드
제이 takes 7 strokes in all.
More names: Tonya 토냐 · Hudson 허드슨 · Lucy 루시 · Dean 딘 · Randall 랜들
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