Where the spelling 조지 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조지 for George.
People in the list with this given name:
- 디솜브리, 마이클 조지 — Michael George DeSombre
- 스터브스, 조지 — George Stubbs
- 유스티스, (찰스) 조지 — Eustice, (Charles) George
…and 42 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What George means
George by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 259, 73,207 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조지: 45.
Korean names for George
These are the converter’s results for George 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.
김도진Kim DojinBoy’s name · 64% sound match
김서진Kim SeojinBoy’s name · 60% sound match
김지오Kim JioBoy’s name · 60% 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