Where the spelling 로드리고 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 로드리고 for Rodrigo.
Wiktionary records Rodrigo as a name from Spanish, so it is read as a name in Spanish.
People in the list with this given name:
- 라토, 로드리고 — Rato, Rodrigo
Sound by sound
ro로d드ri리go고
Why it is spelled this way
- This looks like a name in Spanish, so the official Spanish spelling is shown first.
- Matches the National Institute of Korean Language usage list.
What Rodrigo means
Rodrigo by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 917, 17,622 babies (0% girls, 100% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 로드리고: 1.
Korean names for Rodrigo
These are the converter’s results for Rodrigo 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.
김로이Kim RoiBoy’s name · 62% sound match
김루다Kim RudaUsed for boys and girls · 59% sound match
김로운Kim RounBoy’s name · 58% 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