Where the spelling 조지프 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 조지프 for Joseph.
People in the list with this given name:
- 딜레이니, 제임스 조지프 — James Joseph Delaney
- 긱스, 라이언 (조지프) — Ryan (Joseph) Giggs
- 루빈, 조지프 — Lubin, Joseph
…and 50 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Jo조se지ph프
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Joseph as 조지프, although the general rule gives 조서프.
What Joseph means
Joseph by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 16, 357,592 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 조지프: 53.
Korean names for Joseph
These are the converter’s results for Joseph 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.
박도진Park DojinBoy’s name · 60% sound match
박서진Park SeojinBoy’s name · 57% sound match
박지오Park JioBoy’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