Where the spelling 에드워드 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 에드워드 for Edward.
People in the list with this given name:
- 케인, 해리 (에드워드) — Harry (Edward) Kane
- 헤이스티, 칼 (에드워드) — Heastie, Carl (Edward)
- 번솔, 조너선 에드워드 — Bernthal, Jonathan Edward
…and 37 more in the list.
Sound by sound
E에d드war워d드
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Edward means
Edward by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 292, 66,518 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 에드워드: 40.
Korean names for Edward
These are the converter’s results for Edward 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.
박이든Park IdeunBoy’s name · 62% sound matchHangul-only name — no hanja
박이도Park IdoBoy’s name · 62% sound match
이예준Lee YejunBoy’s name · 53% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Edward means.
Your name means: wealth, riches + ward, guard (from Proto-Germanic ed)
이우재Lee UjaeBoy’s name · Meaning: Treasure, precious
이재원Lee JaewonBoy’s name · Meaning: Treasure, precious
이재우Lee JaeuBoy’s name · Meaning: Treasure, precious
이에드워드Lee EdeuwodeuYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
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