Where the spelling 에릭 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 에릭 for Eric.
People in the list with this given name:
- 터너, (에릭) 스콧 — (Eric) Scott Turner
- 다이어, 에릭 (제러미 에드거) — Eric (Jeremy Edgar) Dier
- 와일, (에릭) 글렌 — Weyl, (Eric) Glen
…and 21 more in the list.
Sound by sound
E에ric릭
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Eric by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 149, 110,688 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 에릭: 24.
Korean names for Eric
These are the converter’s results for Eric 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.
박우리Park UriUsed for boys and girls · 63% sound match
박이진Park IjinUsed for boys and girls · 53% sound match
박이든Park IdeunBoy’s name · 50% sound matchHangul-only name — no hanja
No surname given, so we picked 박, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics