How to write “Katherine, Catherine or Kathryn” in Korean
캐서린 kae-seo-rin
What Korean friends call you
- 캐서린아 kae-seo-ri-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 캐서린 씨 kae-seo-rin-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 Katherine
- 캐서린 68 (100%)
Korean labels of 68 people named Katherine on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Katherine, Catherine or Kathryn, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Catherine Zeta-Jones — 캐서린 제타 존스
- Katherine Johnson — 캐서린 존슨
- Catherine O'Hara — 캐서린 오하라
- Katherine Heigl — 캐서린 하이글
412,019 babies were named Katherine in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 90th most common name.
Block by block
- 캐 = ㅋ + ㅐ · 5 strokes
Also in 캐: Cameron 캐머런 · Caroline 캐롤라인 · Karen 캐런
- 서 = ㅅ + ㅓ · 4 strokes
Also in 서: Anthony 앤서니 · Savannah 서배나 · Spencer 스펜서
- 린 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄴ · 5 strokes
Also in 린: Kaitlyn 케이틀린 · Evelyn 에블린 · Madeline 매들린
캐서린 takes 14 strokes in all.
More names: Avery 에이버리 · Julia 줄리아 · Savannah 서배나 · Alexandra 알렉산드라 · Alex 알렉스
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