How to write “River” in Korean

리버 ri-beo Listen to 리버, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 리버야 ri-beo-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 리버 씨 ri-beo-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 River

• 리버 4 (100%)

Korean labels of 4 people named River on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• River Phoenix — 리버 피닉스
• River Alexander — 리버 알렉산더
• River Radamus — 리버 래더머스
• River Jordan — 리버 조던

59,351 babies were named River in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 727th most common name.

Block by block

• 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

• 버 = ㅂ + ㅓ · 6 strokes
  • ㅂ 비읍 (b / p) · 4 strokes
  • ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes

  Also in 버: Robert 로버트 · Avery 에이버리 · Amber 앰버

리버 takes 10 strokes in all.

More names: Annie 애니 · Mallory 맬러리 · Declan 데클런 · Howard 하워드 · Tabitha 태비사

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