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Korean name in English
Turn a Korean name into the spellings a passport often uses, and keep the standard romanization beside them.
Why this exists
The same Hangul name is Gim under Revised Romanization and often KIM on a passport. Seeing both at once is less confusing than opening several converters.
The page does not look up issuance statistics. It applies a fixed list and a few syllable habits.
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01How to use it
Type a Hangul name. Four spellings appear at once. Example fills in 홍길동.
Copy the suggested line when it matches your family passport. Use the hyphen line when you want the syllables marked.
One character is not treated as a customary family name. 김 alone is GIM, not KIM.
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02What you get
김민준 becomes KIM MINJOON, KIM MIN-JOON, Gim Minjun, and Minjoon Kim.
준 is jun in the standard and joon in the suggestion. Only syllables that commonly change, such as 영 and 희, are swapped.
Entered김민준
Suggested KIM MINJOON Hyphen KIM MIN-JOON Standard Gim Minjun Given name first Minjoon Kim -
03Worth knowing
For a first passport, the suggested spelling is a calm start. If a relative already has a passport, match that family-name spelling.
Given names are shown closed up or with a hyphen, not with a space that some systems read as a middle name.
남궁, 황보, 제갈, 선우, 독고, 사공, 서문, 어금, and 소봉 are read as two-character family names when the name is written without a space.
A ticket should match the passport letter for letter. A spelling chosen once is hard to change later.
Questions
- QWhich spelling should a first passport use?
- AStart with the suggested line. If someone in the family already has a passport, match that family name.
- QWhy is this different from Revised Romanization?
- AThe 2000 standard writes 김 as Gim and 이 as I. Passports also use long-standing spellings such as KIM and LEE, so both stay on the page.
- QClosed up, or with a hyphen?
- ABoth are shown. The closed form is the default. Copy the hyphen line when you want the syllables visible.
- QDo two-character family names work?
- AYes. 남궁 and 선우 are split as the family name when you type them without a space. The line under the result shows the split.