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Elizabeth in Korean: 엘리자베스

Elizabeth is written 엘리자베스 in Korean and read “Ellijabeseu”. This is the spelling in the loanword usage list of the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), which sets Korea’s spelling standards. In US birth records for 2000–2025 it ranks No. 35.

Your name written in KoreanOfficial spelling
Read as: Ellijabeseu

Where the spelling 엘리자베스 comes from

NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 엘리자베스 for Elizabeth.

People in the list with this given name:

  • 브로즈너핸, 레이철 (엘리자베스) — Brosnahan, Rachel (Elizabeth)
  • 더비키, 엘리자베스 — Debicki, Elizabeth
  • 바우저, 뮤리얼 (엘리자베스) — Bowser, Muriel (Elizabeth)

…and 20 more in the list.

Look up 엘리자베스 in the NIKL list (Korean)

Sound by sound

E엘li리za자be베th스

Why it is spelled this way

  • Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
  • The official list spells Elizabeth as 엘리자베스, although the general rule gives 일리저버스.

Other possible spellings

엘리사베트Ellisabeteu · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name

What Elizabeth means

“my God is an oath”

From Biblical Hebrew אלישבע

Source: Wiktionary — Elizabeth · CC BY-SA 4.0

Elizabeth by the numbers

  • US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 35, 269,912 babies (99.9% girls, 0.1% boys).
  • NIKL usage list — people with the given name 엘리자베스: 23.

Korean names for Elizabeth

These are the converter’s results for Elizabeth as a girl’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.

박예린Park YerinGirl’s name · 55% sound match
박예은Park YeeunGirl’s name · 51% sound match
박아린Park ArinGirl’s name · 51% sound match

No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.

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Meaning

Korean names from what Elizabeth means.

Your name means: 맹세 · my God is an oath (from Biblical Hebrew אלישבע)

박예서Park YeseoGirl’s name
박이서Park IseoGirl’s name
박은서Park EunseoGirl’s name
박엘리자베스Park EllijabeseuYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja

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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