Where the spelling 마이클 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 마이클 for Michael.
People in the list with this given name:
- 로즌, 마이클 — Michael Rosen
- 우드퍼드, 마이클 — Michael Woodford
- 디솜브리, 마이클 조지 — Michael George DeSombre
…and 106 more in the list.
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
- The official list spells Michael as 마이클, although the general rule gives 마이컬.
What Michael means
Michael by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 3, 449,840 babies (0.3% girls, 99.7% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 마이클: 109.
Korean names for Michael
These are the converter’s results for Michael 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.
김마크Kim MakeuBoy’s name · 77% sound matchHangul-only name — no hanja
김미르Kim MireuBoy’s name · 54% sound matchNative Korean word: 미르 = dragon
김민우Kim MinuBoy’s name · 48% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 김, 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