Where the spelling 데이비드 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 데이비드 for David.
People in the list with this given name:
- 밴스, 제임스 (데이비드) — James (David) Vance
- 베이커, 데이비드 — David Baker
- 미쇼, 데이비드 — Michôd, David
…and 114 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Da데이vi비d드
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
다비드Dabideu · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name
What David means
David by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 19, 342,999 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 데이비드: 117.
Korean names for David
These are the converter’s results for David 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.
이태이Lee TaeiBoy’s name · 78% sound match
이태오Lee TaeoBoy’s name · 59% sound match
이태우Lee TaeuBoy’s name · 59% 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