How to write “Joel” in Korean
조엘 jo-el
What Korean friends call you
- 조엘아 jo-e-ra — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 조엘 씨 jo-el-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 Joel
- 조엘 74 (97%)
- 요엘 2 (3%)
Korean labels of 76 people named Joel on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Joel, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Joel Schumacher — 조엘 슈마허
- Joel McHale — 조엘 맥헤일
- Joel Kinnaman — 조엘 키너먼
- Joel Campbell — 조엘 캠벨
220,132 babies were named Joel in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 212th most common name.
Block by block
- 조 = ㅈ + ㅗ · 4 strokes
Also in 조: Joshua 조슈아 · Joseph 조셉 · Jordan 조던
- 엘 = ㅇ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 엘: Daniel 다니엘 · Samuel 사무엘 · Elizabeth 엘리자베스
조엘 takes 11 strokes in all.
More names: Ashton 애쉬튼 · Layla 레일라 · Micah 마이카 · Marissa 마리사 · Angelina 안젤리나
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