Where the spelling 카를로스 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 카를로스 for Carlos.
Wiktionary records Carlos as a name from Spanish, so it is read as a name in Spanish.
People in the list with this given name:
- 마르티네스 (비야밀), 다니엘 (카를로스) — Martínez (Villamil), Daniel (Carlos)
- 사베드라라마스, 카를로스 — Saavedra Lamas, Carlos
- 와스모시, 후안 카를로스 몬티 — Wasmosy, Juan Carlos Monti
…and 12 more in the list.
Sound by sound
ca카r를lo로s스
Why it is spelled this way
- This looks like a name in Spanish, so the official Spanish spelling is shown first.
- Matches the National Institute of Korean Language usage list.
- l is final ㄹ before a consonant or at the end, ㄹㄹ before a vowel (Ch.3 Sec.4 Art.5).
- Final s and z are written 스 (Table 2).
Carlos by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 138, 113,852 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 카를로스: 15.
Korean names for Carlos
These are the converter’s results for Carlos 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.
박하늘Park HaneulUsed for boys and girls · 57% sound matchNative Korean word: 하늘 = sky
박하루Park HaruBoy’s name · 54% sound matchNative Korean word: 하루 = a day, 24 hours
박건우Park GeonuBoy’s name · 48% sound match
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) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics