Where the spelling 조던 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조던 for Jordan.
People in the list with this given name:
- 로마노, 조던 (로버트) — Romano, Jordan (Robert)
- 로즌솔, 트레버 (조던) — Rosenthal, Trevor (Jordan)
- 필, 조던 — Peele, Jordan
…and 2 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Jor조dan던
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Jordan means
Jordan by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 45, 246,804 babies (24% girls, 76% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조던: 5.
Korean names for Jordan
These are the converter’s results for Jordan with no gender chosen — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
박준영Park JunyeongBoy’s name · 62% sound match
박주원Park JuwonBoy’s name · 61% sound match
박준우Park JunuBoy’s name · 57% 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