Where the spelling 조엘 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조엘 for Joel.
People in the list with this given name:
- 엠비드, 조엘 — Embiid, Joel
- 베넨슨, 조엘 — Joel Benenson
Sound by sound
Jo조el엘
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Joel as 조엘, although the general rule gives 조얼.
What Joel means
Joel by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 271, 70,154 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조엘: 2.
Korean names for Joel
These are the converter’s results for Joel 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.
이주엘Lee JuelUsed for boys and girls · 88% sound matchHangul-only name — no hanja
이주안Lee JuanBoy’s name · 70% sound match
이주원Lee JuwonBoy’s name · 62% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, 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