How to write “William” in Korean

윌리엄 wil-li-eom Listen to 윌리엄, AI voice Print a free worksheet (PDF)

What Korean friends call you

• 윌리엄아 wil-li-eo-ma — a friend calling out to you (never to someone older)
• 윌리엄 씨 wil-li-eom-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 William

• 윌리엄 686 (100%)

Korean labels of 686 people named William on Wikidata, October 2026. Wikipedia leans to the official spelling.

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

• William Shakespeare — 윌리엄 셰익스피어
• William Blake — 윌리엄 블레이크
• William Butler Yeats — 윌리엄 버틀러 예이츠
• William Faulkner — 윌리엄 포크너

1,599,773 babies were named William in the US from 1960 to 2025, the 7th most common name.

Block by block

• 윌 = ㅇ + ㅟ + ㄹ · 7 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅟ 위 (wi) · 3 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes

  Also in 윌: Willie 윌리

• 리 = ㄹ + ㅣ · 4 strokes
  • ㄹ 리을 (r / l) · 3 strokes
  • ㅣ 이 (i) · 1 stroke

  Also in 리: Emily 에밀리 · Christopher 크리스토퍼 · Olivia 올리비아

• 엄 = ㅇ + ㅓ + ㅁ · 6 strokes
  • ㅇ 이응 (silent / ng) · 1 stroke
  • ㅓ 어 (eo) · 2 strokes
  • ㅁ 미음 (m) · 3 strokes

  Also in 엄: Miriam 미리엄 · Graham 그레이엄

윌리엄 takes 17 strokes in all.

More names: Joseph 조셉 · Anthony 앤서니 · David 데이비드 · Alexander 알렉산더 · Nicholas 니콜라스

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