Where the spelling 찰스 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 찰스 for Charles.
People in the list with this given name:
- 메이저, 배리 (찰스) — Mazur, Barry (Charles)
- 포퍼비치, 그레그 (찰스) — Popovich, Gregg (Charles)
- 유스티스, (찰스) 조지 — Eustice, (Charles) George
…and 39 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Charles means
Charles by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 83, 180,820 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 찰스: 42.
Korean names for Charles
These are the converter’s results for Charles 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.
김찬서Kim ChanseoBoy’s name · 80% sound match
김찬희Kim ChanhuiBoy’s name · 62% sound match
김유찬Kim YuchanBoy’s name · 54% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Similar names
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