How to write “Whitney” in Korean
휘트니 hwi-teu-ni
What Korean friends call you
- 휘트니야 hwi-teu-ni-ya — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
- 휘트니 씨 hwi-teu-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 Whitney
- 휘트니 15 (100%)
Korean labels of 15 people named Whitney on Wikidata (English-speaking countries), October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.
Well-known people named Whitney, as Wikidata writes them in Korean (November 2026):
- Whitney Houston — 휘트니 휴스턴
- Whitney Cummings — 휘트니 커밍스
- Whitney Able — 휘트니 에이블
- Whitney Peak — 휘트니 피크
101,295 babies were named Whitney in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 458th most common name.
Block by block
- 휘 = ㅎ + ㅟ · 6 strokes
- 트 = ㅌ + ㅡ · 4 strokes
Also in 트: Robert 로버트 · Wyatt 와이어트 · Patrick 패트릭
- 니 = ㄴ + ㅣ · 2 strokes
Also in 니: Daniel 다니엘 · Anthony 앤서니 · Nicholas 니콜라스
휘트니 takes 12 strokes in all.
More names: Kara 카라 · Ariel 아리엘 · Roy 로이 · Bethany 베서니 · Clayton 클레이턴
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