Where the spelling 세라 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 세라 for Sarah.
People in the list with this given name:
- 비앙키, 세라 — Bianchi, Sarah
- 본드, 세라 — Bond, Sarah
- 울러스턴, 세라 — Wollaston, Sarah
…and 10 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Sa세rah라
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Sarah means
Sarah by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 75, 188,427 babies (99.9% girls, 0.1% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 세라: 13.
Korean names for Sarah
These are the converter’s results for Sarah 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.
김세나Kim SenaGirl’s name · 87% sound match
김사라Kim SaraGirl’s name · 83% sound match
김설아Kim SeoraGirl’s name · 80% 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