Where the spelling 크리스천 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 크리스천 for Christian.
People in the list with this given name:
- 풀리식, 크리스천 — Pulisic, Christian
- 키멀, 제임스 크리스천 — Kimmel, James Christian
- 마클리, 크리스천 — Marclay, Christian
…and 1 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Christian means
Christian by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 40, 257,207 babies (2% girls, 98% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 크리스천: 4.
Korean names for Christian
These are the converter’s results for Christian 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 · 46% sound match
이리오Lee RioBoy’s name · 40% sound match
이건우Lee GeonuBoy’s name · 35% 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) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics