How to write “Maria” in Korean

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What Korean friends call you

• 마리아야 ma-ri-a-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 마리아 씨 ma-ri-a-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 Maria

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Korean labels of 50 people named Maria on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• Maria Montessori — 마리아 몬테소리
• Maria Göppert Mayer — 마리아 괴퍼트메이어
• Maria Meneghini Callas — 마리아 칼라스
• Maria Sibylla Merian — 마리아 지빌라 메리안

407,620 babies were named Maria in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 94th most common name.

Block by block

• 마 = ㅁ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
  • ㅁ 미음 (m) · 3 strokes
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 마: Michael 마이클 · Emma 엠마 · Jeremiah 제러마이아

• 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

• 아 = ㅇ + ㅏ · 3 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅏ 아 (a) · 2 strokes

  Also in 아: Joshua 조슈아 · Olivia 올리비아 · Noah 노아

마리아 takes 12 strokes in all.

More names: Jesus 헤수스 · Addison 애디슨 · Blake 블레이크 · Sebastian 세바스찬 · Lily 릴리

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