How to write “Melanie” in Korean
멜라니 mel-la-ni
What Korean friends call you
- 멜라니야 mel-la-ni-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 멜라니 씨 mel-la-ni-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 Melanie
- 멜러니 36 (72%)
- 멜라니 14 (28%)
Korean labels of 50 people named Melanie on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
The official loanword spelling (외래어 표기법) is 멜러니; most Koreans write 멜라니.
Korean news (Daum, October 2026) writes Melanie Griffith 멜라니 (sometimes 멜러니); Melanie Lynskey 멜러니 (sometimes 멜라니); Melanie Martinez 멜라니 (sometimes 멜러니).
Well-known people named Melanie, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Melanie Klein — 멜라니 클라인
- Melanie Leupolz — 멜라니 로이폴츠
- Melanie Behringer — 멜라니 베링거
- Melanie Scrofano — 멜라니 스크로파노
237,630 babies were named Melanie in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 189th most common name.
Block by block
- 멜 = ㅁ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 9 strokes
Also in 멜: Amelia 아멜리아 · Melissa 멜리사 · Melody 멜로디
- 라 = ㄹ + ㅏ · 5 strokes
Also in 라: Nicholas 니콜라스 · Ryan 라이언 · Isabella 이저벨라
- 니 = ㄴ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
Also in 니: Daniel 다니엘 · Anthony 앤서니 · Nicholas 니콜라스
멜라니 takes 16 strokes in all.
More names: Cooper 쿠퍼 · Oliver 올리버 · Molly 몰리 · Tanner 태너 · Paul 폴
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