Where the spelling 케빈 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 케빈 for Kevin.
People in the list with this given name:
- 고즈먼, 케빈 — Gausman, Kevin
- 플러웨키, 케빈 (제프리) — Plawecki, Kevin (Jeffrey)
- 시스트롬, 케빈 — Systrom, Kevin
…and 13 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Ke케vin빈
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Other possible spellings
스티븐Seutibeun · in the NIKL list (1)
What Kevin means
Kevin by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 86, 174,730 babies (0.2% girls, 99.8% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 케빈: 16.
Korean names for Kevin
These are the converter’s results for Kevin 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.
박하빈Park HabinUsed for boys and girls · 61% sound match
박규빈Park GyubinUsed for boys and girls · 56% sound match
박하민Park HaminBoy’s name · 51% sound match하 河 river민 珉 stone resembling jade
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