How to write “Mary” in Korean
메리 me-ri
What Korean friends call you
- 메리야 me-ri-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 메리 씨 me-ri-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 Mary
Well-known people named Mary, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Mary Shelley — 메리 셸리
- Mary Wollstonecraft — 메리 울스턴크래프트
- Mary Pickford — 메리 픽퍼드
- Mary Cassatt — 메리 카사트
741,054 babies were named Mary in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 41st most common name.
Block by block
- 메 = ㅁ + ㅔ · 6 strokes
Also in 메: Mason 메이슨 · Megan 메건 · Meredith 메러디스
- 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · William 윌리엄
메리 takes 10 strokes in all.
More names: Bailey 베일리 · Andrea 안드레아 · Evelyn 에블린 · Jesse 제시 · Tristan 트리스탄
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