How to write “Leo” in Korean

리오 ri-o Listen to 리오, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 리오야 ri-o-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 리오 씨 ri-o-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 Leo

• 리오 36 (63%)
• 레오 21 (37%)

Korean labels of 57 people named Leo on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• Leo Varadkar — 리오 버라드커
• Leo McCarey — 리오 매케리
• Leo Fender — 리오 펜더
• Leo Howard — 리오 하워드

129,074 babies were named Leo in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 351st most common name.

Block by block

• 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

• 오 = ㅇ + ㅗ · 3 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅗ 오 (o) · 2 strokes

  Also in 오: Austin 오스틴 · Owen 오언 · Antonio 안토니오

리오 takes 7 strokes in all.

More names: Walter 월터 · Lawrence 로런스 · Mario 마리오 · Mitchell 미첼 · Jimmy 지미

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