Where the spelling 애덤 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 애덤 for Adam.
People in the list with this given name:
- 볼러, 애덤 (세스) — Boehler, Adam (Seth)
- 로비텔, 애덤 — Robitel, Adam
- 클라크, 애덤 — Clark, Adam
…and 13 more in the list.
Sound by sound
A애dam덤
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
아담Adam · NIKL spelling of the Arabic name
What Adam means
Adam by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 103, 143,547 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 애덤: 16.
Korean names for Adam
These are the converter’s results for Adam as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박이담Park IdamUsed for boys and girls · 74% sound match
박이도Park IdoBoy’s name · 70% sound match
박이든Park IdeunBoy’s name · 68% sound matchHangul-only name — no hanja
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics