Where the spelling 윌리엄 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 윌리엄 for William.
People in the list with this given name:
- 애런슨, 윌리엄 (랜드리) — William (Landry) Aronson
- 스킵, 올리버 (윌리엄) — Oliver (William) Skipp
- 섀프너, 윌리엄 — Schaffner, William
…and 70 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Wi윌lli리am엄
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What William means
William by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 6, 423,065 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 윌리엄: 73.
Korean names for William
These are the converter’s results for William 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.
이리온Lee RionUsed for boys and girls · 60% sound match
이리오Lee RioBoy’s name · 60% sound match
이리안Lee RianUsed for boys and girls · 58% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what William means.
Your name means: will + helmet (from Proto-Germanic *wiljô)
이지온Lee JionUsed for boys and girls
이지운Lee JiunBoy’s name
이지완Lee JiwanBoy’s name
이윌리엄Lee WillieomYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
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