How to write “Kelly, Kelli, Kellie or Kelley” in Korean

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What Korean friends call you

• 켈리야 kel-li-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 켈리 씨 kel-li-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 Kelly

• 켈리 101 (100%)

Korean labels of 101 people named Kelly on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

Well-known people named Kelly, Kelli, Kellie or Kelley, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):

• Kelly Clarkson — 켈리 클락슨
• Kelly Preston — 켈리 프레스턴
• Kelly Brook — 켈리 브룩
• Kelly Macdonald — 켈리 맥도널드

520,195 babies were named Kelly in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 65th most common name.

Block by block

• 켈 = ㅋ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 8 strokes
  • ㅋ 키읔 (k) · 2 strokes
  • ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 켈: Kelsey 켈시 · Raquel 라켈 · Kelvin 켈빈

• 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄

켈리 takes 12 strokes in all.

More names: Heather 헤더 · Gregory 그레고리 · Karen 캐런 · Susan 수전 · Julie 줄리

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