How to write “Lily or Lilly” in Korean
릴리 ril-li
What Korean friends call you
- 릴리야 ril-li-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 릴리 씨 ril-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 Lily
- 릴리 39 (100%)
Korean labels of 39 people named Lily on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Lily or Lilly, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Lily Allen — 릴리 앨런
- Lily Collins — 릴리 콜린스
- Lily Tomlin — 릴리 톰린
- Lily James — 릴리 제임스
175,357 babies were named Lily in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 259th most common name.
Block by block
- 릴 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
Also in 릴: Lillian 릴리언 · April 에이프릴 · Cheryl 셰릴
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
릴리 takes 11 strokes in all.
More names: Henry 헨리 · Kaylee 케일리 · Mackenzie 맥켄지 · Brooke 브룩 · Richard 리처드
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