Where the spelling 메리 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 메리 for Mary.
People in the list with this given name:
- 더가모, 메리 터너 — Mary Turner De Garmo
- 브렁코, 메리 — Mary E. Brunkow
- 슈내컨버그, 메리 — Mary Schnackenberg
…and 21 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Ma메ry리
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Mary by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 212, 85,142 babies (99.9% girls, 0.1% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 메리: 24.
Korean names for Mary
These are the converter’s results for Mary as a girl’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.
박미리Park MiriGirl’s name · 83% sound match
박마리Park MariGirl’s name · 83% sound match
박태리Park TaeriGirl’s name · 60% 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) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics