Where the spelling 제임스 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 제임스 for James.
People in the list with this given name:
- 딜레이니, 제임스 조지프 — James Joseph Delaney
- 크룩스, 콜린 (제임스) — Colin (James) Crooks
- 밴스, 제임스 (데이비드) — James (David) Vance
…and 91 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Jam제임es스
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
하메스Hameseu · NIKL spelling of the Spanish name
What James means
James by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 12, 376,700 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 제임스: 94.
Korean names for James
These are the converter’s results for James 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.
박재민Park JaeminBoy’s name · 65% sound match
박태이Park TaeiBoy’s name · 64% sound match
박재윤Park JaeyunBoy’s name · 62% sound match
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) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics