How to write “Marilyn” in Korean

마릴린 ma-ril-lin Listen to 마릴린, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 마릴린아 ma-ril-li-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 마릴린 씨 ma-ril-lin-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 Marilyn

• 마릴린 14 (67%)
• 메릴린 4 (19%)
• 매릴린 3 (14%)

Korean labels of 21 people named Marilyn on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• Marilyn Maxwell — 마릴린 맥스웰
• Marilyn Burns — 마릴린 번즈
• Marilyn Quayle — 마릴린 퀘일
• Marilyn Mazur — 마릴린 마주르

60,690 babies were named Marilyn in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 719th 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

• 릴 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 릴: Lily 릴리 · Lillian 릴리언 · April 에이프릴

• 린 = ㄹ + ㅣ + ㄴ · 5 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke
  • ㄴ 니은 (n) · 1 stroke

  Also in 린: Katherine 캐서린 · Kaitlyn 케이틀린 · Evelyn 에블린

마릴린 takes 17 strokes in all.

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