How to write “Nelson” in Korean

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What Korean friends call you

• 넬슨아 nel-seu-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 넬슨 씨 nel-seun-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 Nelson

• 넬슨 19 (100%)

Korean labels of 19 people named Nelson on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• Nelson Mandela — 넬슨 만델라
• Nelson Rockefeller — 넬슨 록펠러
• Nélson Luís Kerchner — 넬슨 루이스 케르슈너
• Nelson Algren — 넬슨 알그렌

41,976 babies were named Nelson in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 940th most common name.

Block by block

• 넬 = ㄴ + ㅔ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
  • ㄴ 니은 (n) · 1 stroke
  • ㅔ 에 (e) · 3 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 넬: Penelope 페넬로페 · Janelle 저넬

• 슨 = ㅅ + ㅡ + ㄴ · 4 strokes
  • ㅅ 시옷 (s) · 2 strokes
  • ㅡ 으 (eu) · 1 stroke
  • ㄴ 니은 (n) · 1 stroke

  Also in 슨: Madison 매디슨 · Mason 메이슨 · Jackson 잭슨

넬슨 takes 11 strokes in all.

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