How to write “Liam” in Korean
리암 ri-am
What Korean friends call you
- 리암아 ri-a-ma — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 리암 씨 ri-am-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 Liam
- 리엄 45 (82%)
- 리암 10 (18%)
Korean labels of 55 people named Liam on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 리엄; most Koreans write 리암.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Liam Neeson 리암 (sometimes 리엄); Liam Hemsworth 리암 (sometimes 리엄); Liam Gallagher 리암 (sometimes 리엄).
Well-known people named Liam, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Liam Lawson — 리암 로슨
- Liam Delap — 리암 델랍
- Liam Cooper — 리암 쿠퍼
- Liam Rosenior — 리암 로세니어
358,963 babies were named Liam in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 108th most common name.
Block by block
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
- 암 = ㅇ + ㅏ + ㅁ · 6 strokes
리암 takes 10 strokes in all.
More names: Adam 아담 · Gavin 개빈 · Megan 메건 · Jasmine 자스민 · Eric 에릭
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