Where the spelling 라이언 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 라이언 for Ryan.
People in the list with this given name:
- 긱스, 라이언 (조지프) — Ryan (Joseph) Giggs
- 올솝, 라이언 — Allsop, Ryan
- 세시니온, 라이언 — Sessegnon, Ryan
…and 7 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Ry라이an언
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
Ryan by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 29, 305,437 babies (5% girls, 95% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 라이언: 10.
Korean names for Ryan
These are the converter’s results for Ryan 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.
박라온Park RaonUsed for boys and girls · 73% sound matchNative Korean word (no hanja)
박로이Park RoiBoy’s name · 73% sound match
박리안Park RianUsed for boys and girls · 66% 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