Where the spelling 이지키얼 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 이지키얼 for Ezekiel.
People in the list with this given name:
- 엘리엇, 이지키얼 (일라이자) — Elliott, Ezekiel (Elijah)
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Ezekiel as 이지키얼, although the general rule gives 에지킬.
What Ezekiel means
Ezekiel by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 252, 74,667 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 이지키얼: 1.
Korean names for Ezekiel
These are the converter’s results for Ezekiel 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.
김이진Kim IjinUsed for boys and girls · 77% sound match
김이준Kim IjunBoy’s name · 58% sound match
김우진Kim UjinBoy’s name · 53% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, 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