Where the spelling 브라이언 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 브라이언 for Brian.
People in the list with this given name:
- 캐슈먼, 브라이언 — Cashman, Brian
- 제임스, 브라이언 다시 — James, Brian d'Arcy
- 캐신, 브라이언 (주드) — Cassin, Brian (Jude)
…and 24 more in the list.
Sound by sound
B브ri라이an언
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Brian by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 167, 100,886 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 브라이언: 27.
Korean names for Brian
These are the converter’s results for Brian 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.
이우리Lee UriUsed for boys and girls · 53% sound match
이라온Lee RaonUsed for boys and girls · 51% sound matchNative Korean word (no hanja)
이로이Lee RoiBoy’s name · 51% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics