Where the spelling 시어도어 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 시어도어 for Theodore.
People in the list with this given name:
- 요호, 시어도어 스콧 — Yoho, Theodore Scott
- 서랜도스, 시어도어 앤서니 — Sarandos, Theodore Anthony Jr.
- 올버먼, 키스 (시어도어) — Olbermann, Keith (Theodore)
…and 4 more in the list.
Sound by sound
The시o어do도re어
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Theodore means
Theodore by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 135, 116,752 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 시어도어: 7.
Korean names for Theodore
These are the converter’s results for Theodore 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.
박시우Park SiuBoy’s name · 77% sound match
박시온Park SionBoy’s name · 73% sound match
박시원Park SiwonBoy’s name · 73% 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) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics