How to write “Susan” in Korean
수전 su-jeon
What Korean friends call you
- 수전아 su-jeo-na — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 수전 씨 su-jeon-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 Susan
- 수전 103 (67%)
- 수잔 50 (33%)
Korean labels of 153 people named Susan on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Susan, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Susan Sarandon — 수전 서랜던
- Susan Sontag — 수전 손택
- Susan Hayward — 수전 헤이워드
- Susan Wojcicki — 수전 워치츠키
428,384 babies were named Susan in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 83rd most common name.
Block by block
- 수 = ㅅ + ㅜ · 4 strokes
Also in 수: Jesus 헤수스 · Suzanne 수잰 · Josue 호수에
- 전 = ㅈ + ㅓ + ㄴ · 5 strokes
수전 takes 9 strokes in all.
More names: Julie 줄리 · Patricia 퍼트리샤 · Cynthia 신시아 · Ronald 로널드 · Christine 크리스틴
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