Where the spelling 카일 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 카일 for Kyle.
People in the list with this given name:
- 그린, 개빈 (카일) — Green, Gavin (Kyle)
- 슈워버, 카일 (조지프) — Schwarber, Kyle (Joseph)
- 페이즐리, 이언 (리처드 카일) — Ian (Richard Kyle) Paisley
…and 1 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Kyle means
Kyle by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 156, 106,320 babies (1% girls, 99% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 카일: 4.
Korean names for Kyle
These are the converter’s results for Kyle 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.
박가온Park GaonUsed for boys and girls · 61% sound match가 佳 beautiful온 溫 lukewarm, warm
박하진Park HajinBoy’s name · 51% sound match하 河 river진 珍 precious, valuable, rare
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