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Robert in Korean: 로버트

Robert is written 로버트 in Korean and read “Robeoteu”. This is the spelling in the loanword usage list of the National Institute of Korean Language (NIKL), which sets Korea’s spelling standards. In US birth records for 2000–2025 it ranks No. 73.

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Where the spelling 로버트 comes from

NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 로버트 for Robert.

People in the list with this given name:

  • 홀, 로버트 (어니스트) — Robert (Ernest) Hall
  • 케네디, 로버트 (프랜시스) (2세) — Robert (Francis) Kennedy Jr.
  • 케일리프, 로버트 — Califf, Robert

…and 85 more in the list.

Look up 로버트 in the NIKL list (Korean)

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Ro로ber버t트

Why it is spelled this way

  • Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.

What Robert means

“shining glory”

From Proto-Germanic *Hrōþiberhtaz

Source: Wiktionary — Robert · CC BY-SA 4.0

Robert by the numbers

  • US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 73, 193,884 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
  • NIKL usage list — people with the given name 로버트: 88.

Korean names for Robert

These are the converter’s results for Robert as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).

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김로하Kim RohaUsed for boys and girls · 69% sound match
김로이Kim RoiBoy’s name · 62% sound match
김로건Kim RogeonBoy’s name · 62% sound match

No surname given, so we picked 김, one of the three most common Korean surnames.

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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