K-Drama Name Generator

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Generate K-drama names of two kinds: original series titles such as The Contract Says Forever, Snow over the Eastern Palace and CCTV Blind Spot, and romanized Korean character names such as Chairman Kang Man-seok, Yoon Seo-ha, Kim Mal-soon and Prosecutor Cha Moon-sung.

About K-Drama names

A Korean drama needs two sets of names: a title that sells the premise and a cast list that shows who holds the power. About half of the entries are original series titles in five registers: romantic comedy (The Contract Says Forever, Umbrella for Two), melodrama (The Winter You Left, The Will Reading), sageuk (Snow over the Eastern Palace, Behind the Bamboo Screen), thriller and legal (CCTV Blind Spot, Motion for Retrial), and fantasy and healing stories (The Grim Reaper Works Overtime, Goshiwon Diaries).

The rest are character names. Korean names put the family name first, then a given name of usually two syllables, often hyphenated in English, as in Yoon Seo-ha or Kang Tae-yoon. Job titles do a lot of work in a drama script, so many entries carry one: Chairman Kang Man-seok, Director Seo Do-hyuk, Prosecutor Cha Moon-sung, Court Lady Noh Geum-sil. Parents and in-laws get older-sounding given names, such as Kim Mal-soon and Lee Chil-bong.

Sageuk means historical drama, and a chaebol is a family-run conglomerate. The mapae was the token carried by secret royal inspectors, gwageo was the state civil service examination, haenyeo are the women divers of Jeju, Suneung is the college entrance exam, and a goshiwon is a tiny rented room popular with exam takers.

How to choose K-Drama names

  • Match the given name to the character's generation. Names ending in -ja, -soon or -sook (Kang Soon-ja, Kim Mal-soon, Jung Mi-sook) read as a mother-in-law or grandmother, while Yoon Seo-ha, Jin Do-yoon and Eun Ha-joon sound like young leads.
  • Let the title in front of the name do the work. Characters in a Korean workplace address each other by position, so Director Seo Do-hyuk, Team Leader Bae Ji-tae and Secretary Yang Gi-tae already tell the reader who outranks whom.
  • Pick one romanization and keep it. The same family name can be written Lee, Yi or Rhee, and the same syllable Joon or Jun, so choose a spelling for each character and use it everywhere in the script.
  • In a sageuk, refer to royal women by rank and family name, as in Queen Dowager Tak or Royal Consort Pyo, and keep full names for officials and court ladies. Commoners such as Servant Dol-soe and Maid Sam-wol often have no family name at all.
  • Search a title before you use it for a script, a web novel or a fan project. Korean broadcasters and streaming services release many new dramas every year, and short phrases get reused.

Frequently asked questions

What makes a title sound like a K-drama?

In English translation, Korean drama titles tend to be either a whole situation or a short poetic phrase. Romantic comedies state the setup, as in My Boss Rents the Rooftop Room or Team Leader Is My Ex, and melodramas lean on seasons and weather, as in The Winter You Left. Thrillers name a case or a clue, like The Han River Case or Black Box Footage, and sageuk titles point to a palace, a rank or an object, such as The Seal of the Crown Prince.

How do Korean character names work?

The family name comes first and is usually one syllable, such as Kim, Lee, Park or Choi, followed by a given name that is usually two syllables. A few two-syllable family names exist, which is why the list includes Namgoong, Hwangbo, Dokgo, Jegal and Seonwoo, as in CEO Dokgo Yoon and Attorney Jegal Min. In English the given name is often hyphenated, so Moon Ga-eul is family name Moon and given name Ga-eul.

Are these titles and names taken from real dramas?

They are meant as original ideas, not as a list of existing shows or characters. The list was screened for duplicates and filler, but it has not been compared with broadcast schedules or cast lists, and common Korean names are shared by many real people. Search any title or full name you plan to publish before you use it.

How should I name a chaebol heir and the family around them?

A chaebol is a large family-controlled business group, and the heir expected to take it over is one of the most familiar K-drama leads. In the list these characters carry company ranks, such as Vice Chairman Cha Seung-jae, Director Joo Ha-min or Young Master Do Ha-gyeol, next to the elders who control the shares, such as Chairman Geum Dae-ho and Chairwoman Han Kyung-ja. Pair a modern given name for the heir with an older-sounding one for the parent to make the generations clear.

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A: 19 names

  • A Cabin Below Hallasan
  • A Gumiho in Gangnam
  • A Love Too Late
  • A New Face, an Old Grudge
  • A Promise at Low Tide
  • A Silla Princess in Disguise
  • A Thousand Days of Rain
  • A Top Star Moved In Downstairs
  • Accidentally Engaged
  • Ahn Chang-sik
  • Ahn Pil-soon
  • Archery Club Spring
  • Article 7: No Dating Coworkers
  • Attorney Chu Ha-eun
  • Attorney Jegal Min
  • Attorney Kwon Do-jin
  • Attorney Pyo Seung-ah
  • Attorney Shin Yi-rang
  • Attorney Yeom Ji-woong

B: 21 names

  • Bae Jae-won
  • Bae Jung-rye
  • Bae Sae-rom
  • Baek Do-ha
  • Baek Yi-seo
  • Banchan for Thirty
  • Be My Plus One
  • Before the Forsythia Fades
  • Behind the Bamboo Screen
  • Bickering to the Altar
  • Binyeo: The Jade Hairpin
  • Black Box Footage
  • Blacksmith Mak-bong
  • Blind Date No. 47
  • Blood and Inheritance
  • Body Swap at the Jjimjilbang
  • Bookshop at the End of the Bus Line
  • Borrowed Time, Borrowed Name
  • Breaking News at Nine
  • Bungeoppang Season
  • Burner Phone

C: 46 names

  • Campus Couple, Semester One
  • CCTV Blind Spot
  • CEO Dokgo Yoon
  • CEO Eun Si-hyuk
  • CEO Ma Do-gyeom
  • CEO Seol Ji-han
  • CEO Yeo Ha-ram
  • Cha Hyun-seo
  • Cha Yoo-ra
  • Chae Won-young
  • Chae Yi-han
  • Chairman Baek Sang-chul
  • Chairman Cha Moo-yeol
  • Chairman Do Tae-sik
  • Chairman Geum Dae-ho
  • Chairman Joo Myung-hwan
  • Chairman Kang Man-seok
  • Chairman Namgoong Seok
  • Chairman Wang Deok-gu
  • Chairwoman Choi Mi-ran
  • Chairwoman Han Kyung-ja
  • Chairwoman Jegal Hye-ok
  • Chairwoman Ki Yeon-sook

C, continued

  • Chairwoman Min Jung-sim
  • Chef Gu Seul-bi
  • Chef Na Dae-han
  • Chef Tak Yeon-soo
  • Cheotsarang: First Love, Last Letter
  • Chicken and Beer on Friday
  • Chief Inspector Go Retires Tomorrow
  • Cho Jung-ja
  • Cho Kwang-sik
  • Choi Pil-ho
  • Choi Young-ja
  • Civil Service Exam, Attempt Five
  • Class 2-3 After School
  • Closing Argument
  • Cold Case Unit 3
  • Convenience Store Regulars
  • Court Lady Choi Wol-seon
  • Court Lady Gil Eun-sil
  • Court Lady Ji Sun-geum
  • Court Lady Kim Bok-dan
  • Court Lady Noh Geum-sil
  • Crown Princess Ma
  • Cruel Spring

D: 33 names

  • D-100 to Suneung
  • Dashcam
  • Dating Ban at Haneul Entertainment
  • Daughter of the Royal Kitchen
  • Deleted Footage
  • Detective Do Hye-rim
  • Detective Gil Han-byeol
  • Detective Ko Bong-jin
  • Detective Lee Dong-gu
  • Detective Oh Kwang-tae
  • Detective Ryu Han-saem
  • Detective Seok Jin-man
  • Detective Yong Sung-tae
  • Director Baek Seung-joo
  • Director Cha Yoo-bin
  • Director Chae Ri-an
  • Director Geum Se-hyun
  • Director Han Yi-kyung
  • Director Joo Ha-min
  • Director Kwon Ji-heon
  • Director Seo Do-hyuk
  • Director Shim Jae-ha
  • Director Yoon Tae-gyeom
  • Do Hae-sol
  • Do Seung-woo
  • Dr. Ahn Da-hye
  • Dr. Bong Se-rim
  • Dr. Chae Min-gi
  • Dr. Ham Joo-hyuk
  • Dr. Hyun Woo-seok
  • Dr. Kwak In-ho
  • Dr. Min Eun-jae
  • Dr. Yoon Seo-rin

E: 11 names

  • Embargo Until Midnight
  • Eun Chae-rin
  • Eun Ha-joon
  • Eunuch Noh Sang-bok
  • Even If Memory Fades
  • Evidence Room B
  • Executive Director Choi Tae-ik
  • Executive Director Nam Hye-jin
  • Executive Director Oh Se-joon
  • Executive Director Pyo Min-kyung
  • Exile to Jeju

F: 5 names

  • False Witness
  • First Love, Second Semester
  • First Snow on Namsan
  • Forty-Eight Hours in Incheon
  • Forty-Second Floor

G: 19 names

  • General Cheon Dae-ryong
  • General Hwangbo Seok
  • General Seok Ho-beom
  • General Yong Tae-mu
  • Ghost Roommate Wanted
  • Ginseng Merchants of Kaesong
  • Gisaeng Hong-ryeon
  • Gisaeng Mae-hyang
  • Gisaeng Ok-hyang
  • Gisaeng Seol-hwa
  • Gisaeng Yeon-sim
  • Go Eun-sol
  • Go Yoo-chan
  • Gong Ji-seok
  • Gong Mi-rae
  • Goodbye, My Yesterday
  • Goshiwon Diaries
  • Grandma's Guesthouse
  • Gwageo: The Examination

H: 17 names

  • Ha Da-kyung
  • Han Byung-gu
  • Han Chun-ja
  • Han Geon-woo
  • Han Ji-an
  • Heo Kang-min
  • Heo Yoon-seul
  • Her Second Spring
  • Hit-and-Run, 3 AM
  • Hong In-sook
  • Hongdae Busker Boyfriend
  • Hostile Takeover
  • Housemates by Contract
  • Hwang Bong-soo
  • Hwang Geum-ok
  • Hyun Gyu-min
  • Hyun Ji-yool

I: 6 names

  • If Only for One Summer
  • In-Laws at War
  • Ink and Plum Blossoms
  • Inspector Do Yun-seong
  • Inspector Jin Si-baek
  • Inspector Won Gang-mu

J: 16 names

  • Jang Sae-bom
  • Jang Si-woo
  • Jeon Hae-sook
  • Ji Eun-ho
  • Ji Yeon-doo
  • Jin Do-yoon
  • Jin Soo-ah
  • Joo Si-hyun
  • Joo Ye-seul
  • Judge Byun Tae-ho
  • Judge Hong Seo-kyung
  • Judge Moon Yi-soo
  • Judge Ok Jung-min
  • Jung Dal-soo
  • Jung Mi-sook
  • Jury of Seven

K: 12 names

  • Kang Bong-sik
  • Kang Dan-bi
  • Kang Soon-ja
  • Kang Tae-yoon
  • Ki Tae-rang
  • Kim Chun-bae
  • Kim Mal-soon
  • Kim Ok-rye
  • Kimbap for Two
  • Ko Gap-soon
  • Ko Myung-dal
  • Kwon Boon-yi

L: 21 names

  • Lady Hong Seol-ran
  • Lady Kwon In-hye
  • Lady Min Chae-ryeong
  • Lady Nam Ga-hee
  • Lady Seo Yeon-hwa
  • Lady Shim Dan-yeong
  • Lady Yoon Hyo-rim
  • Lantern Festival in Hanyang
  • Laundry Day on the Rooftop
  • Lee Bok-hee
  • Lee Chil-bong
  • Lee Gi-soon
  • Letters from the Inner Court
  • Letters Never Sent to Busan
  • Lim Chun-sam
  • Lim Myung-hee
  • Line 2, Going Around Again
  • Loan Shark Winter
  • Love by Episode Eight
  • Love Lock No. 1004
  • Love, Probably by Friday

M: 36 names

  • Ma Dong-ha
  • Ma Se-ah
  • Madam Byun Soon-im
  • Madam Heo Ok-ja
  • Madam Jang Hwa-ja
  • Madam Jung Mi-hyang
  • Madam Noh Myung-ja
  • Madam Yeom Kyung-ran
  • Magistrate Chu Man-bok
  • Magistrate Gu Sang-heon
  • Magistrate Maeng Deok-jin
  • Magistrate Yeo Ik-hwan
  • Magpie Bridge, Once a Year
  • Maid Sam-wol
  • Manager Bae Doesn't Date
  • Mapae: The Inspector's Token
  • Marry Me by Chuseok
  • MBTI Mismatch
  • Meet Me at Exit 4
  • Min Seo-joon
  • Min So-yool
  • Minister Bang Hak-su
  • Minister Eo Seok-gyu
  • Minister Ki Jun-gyeom
  • Minister Lee Dae-ik
  • Minister Pyo Seok-ju
  • Minister Tak Myeong-ho
  • Moon Ga-eul
  • Moon Ji-ho
  • Moonlight Laundromat
  • Motion for Retrial
  • Moving Back to Andong
  • My Boss Rents the Rooftop Room
  • My Landlord Is Twenty-Nine
  • My Mother's Side Dishes
  • My Sunbae Is a Disaster

N: 6 names

  • Na Bo-ram
  • Na Tae-oh
  • Nam Hee-joo
  • Nam Woo-jin
  • Night Patrol of Hanyang
  • Noryangjin Exam Season

O: 7 names

  • Office Romance Prohibited
  • Oh Dae-bok
  • Oh Ha-ri
  • Oh Ye-jun
  • One Last Autumn
  • One Room, Four Seasons
  • Our Night Shift

P: 24 names

  • Parallel Seoul, Platform 0
  • Park Man-sik
  • Park Ok-bun
  • Park Sung-pil
  • Patbingsu Summer
  • PD Cheon Ji-woon
  • PD Maeng Soo-jin
  • Peddler Chil-seong
  • Persimmons Drying in the Sun
  • Piggyback Ride Home
  • Platform 3, Seoul Station
  • Professor Ban Seok-hwan
  • Professor Do Myung-soo
  • Professor Ha Yoon-hee
  • Professor Im Hyo-kyung
  • Prosecutor Cha Moon-sung
  • Prosecutor Eun Sol-ah
  • Prosecutor Go Seo-yeon
  • Prosecutor Jin Kang-ho
  • Prosecutor Ma Hee-sung
  • Prosecutor Nam Gi-joon
  • Prosecutor Seo In-hyuk
  • Prosecutor Yeo Min-seo
  • Prosecutor's Oath

Q: 1 name

  • Queen Dowager Tak

R: 19 names

  • Red Thread Bureau
  • Reporter Eo Jin-soo
  • Reporter Jeon Woo-ri
  • Reporter Seol Ye-rim
  • Reporter Song Da-bin
  • Reporter Yang Chan-hee
  • Revenge Served at Nine
  • Rice Cakes from the Moon Rabbit
  • Rooftop Lunch Club
  • Rooftop Room Romance
  • Rookie Nurse Diary
  • Royal Consort Pyo
  • Royal Physician Ban Hyo-seok
  • Royal Physician Gil Myeong-jae
  • Royal Physician Je Gwang-ik
  • Royal Physician Ok Chi-heon
  • Rule One: Don't Fall in Love
  • Ryu Na-gyeong
  • Ryu Tae-san

S: 41 names

  • Sacred Bone, True Bone
  • Scholar Chu Ik-jun
  • Scholar Gong Yun-jae
  • Scholar Ham Seung-jo
  • Scholar Seonwoo Hyeon
  • Second Floor, First Love
  • Secretary Ahn Bo-kyung
  • Secretary Hwangbo Min
  • Secretary Ji Soo-chang
  • Secretary Park Dong-soo
  • Secretary Yang Gi-tae
  • Seo Da-on
  • Seo Do-gyeom
  • Seo Man-ho
  • Seol Ha-neul
  • Seol Woo-hyun
  • Servant Dol-soe
  • Seven Years a Trainee
  • Seventeen Winters
  • Shell Company

S, continued

  • Shim Sun-ok
  • Shin Ah-reum
  • Shin Deok-soon
  • Shin Jun-seo
  • Six Months as Your Fiancée
  • Slow Mail from Yeosu
  • Snow over the Eastern Palace
  • Soju and Second Chances
  • Son Jong-man
  • Son Wol-soon
  • Song Eul-soon
  • Song Pan-seok
  • Special Investigation Unit Zero
  • Spring Cleaning for the Heart
  • Strings of the Gayageum
  • Sundays at the Bathhouse
  • Sung Ga-ram
  • Sung Han-gyeol
  • Sweet Red Bean Romance
  • Switched at the Maternity Ward
  • Sworn Enemies, Shared Target

T: 111 names

  • Team Leader Bae Ji-tae
  • Team Leader Is My Ex
  • Team Leader Kook Dong-hwan
  • Team Leader Noh Eun-joo
  • Team Leader Pyeon Ah-ra
  • Team Leader Son Hyuk-jin
  • Team Leader Won Se-mi
  • Tears Every Weekend
  • Tears of the East Sea
  • Ten Days on Jeju
  • Text Me When You Land
  • The Anchor's Last Broadcast
  • The Anonymous Tip
  • The Birth Secret of Room 302
  • The Blind Date Substitute
  • The Bookseller of Joseon
  • The Broadcasting Club
  • The Celadon Thief
  • The Chaebol and the Chicken Shop
  • The Chairman's Alibi
  • The Chairman's Hidden Daughter
  • The Contract Says Forever
  • The Court Painter's Apprentice
  • The Crown Prince's Tutor
  • The Daughter-in-Law's Revenge
  • The Defendant's Sister
  • The Deposed Queen
  • The Divorce Papers in the Drawer
  • The Dokkaebi's Lost Club
  • The Eastern Palace Conspiracy
  • The Eighteen-Year Plan
  • The Eldest Daughter-in-Law
  • The Eunuch's Secret
  • The Exile's Return
  • The Falconer's Oath
  • The Fortune Teller Said Thirty
  • The Ginkgo Tree Still Stands

T, continued

  • The Girl Who Returned the Wrong Coat
  • The Girl Who Sat the Civil Exam
  • The Gisaeng Who Read the Stars
  • The Goryeo Bride
  • The Grim Reaper Works Overtime
  • The Gumiho Files a Tax Return
  • The Haenyeo's Granddaughter
  • The Hairpin and the Sword
  • The Han River Case
  • The Heir in the Mailroom
  • The Herbalist of Hanyang
  • The Hospital Room Window
  • The House on Persimmon Hill
  • The Immortal's Coffee Shop
  • The Informant's Daughter
  • The Internal Audit
  • The Joseon Scholar in My Studio Apartment
  • The King's Food Taster
  • The Last Lantern of Goryeo
  • The Last Train to Gangneung
  • The Last Video Rental Shop
  • The Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter
  • The Lunchbox Shop
  • The Magistrate's Daughter
  • The Man Who Sees Tomorrow's Headlines
  • The Man Who Waited
  • The Missing Ledger
  • The Moon Jar Maker
  • The Mother Who Raised Me
  • The Night the Power Went Out
  • The Pansori Girl
  • The Pawnshop on Euljiro
  • The Peddler's Road
  • The Phishing Ring
  • The Piano in the Empty House
  • The Profiler of Mapo Station
  • The Queen Dowager's Garden

T, continued

  • The Queen's Embroiderer
  • The Rain Knows Your Name
  • The Rain Ritual
  • The Red Norigae
  • The Regent's Shadow
  • The Reservoir Secret
  • The Rice Cake House on Bukchon Hill
  • The Rookie Prosecutor's Notebook
  • The Royal Astronomer
  • The Royal Portrait
  • The Sea Remembers
  • The Seal of the Crown Prince
  • The Seaside Clinic in Sokcho
  • The Season We Lost
  • The Second Wife's Ledger
  • The Selection of the Crown Princess
  • The Seocho-dong Files
  • The Shareholders' Meeting
  • The Slush Fund
  • The Surgeon's Grudge
  • The Thirteenth Witness
  • The Tiger of Mount Inwang
  • The Village Bus Driver
  • The Wandering Blade of Joseon
  • The Wedding Planner Hates Weddings
  • The Will Reading
  • The Winter You Left
  • The Woman Who Came Back
  • Third Life, Same Face
  • Thirteen Years of Silence
  • Thousand-Year Grudge, One-Year Lease
  • Three Days Before the Statute Expires
  • Three Sisters of Tongyeong
  • Tiger Hunters of Joseon
  • Time Slip: Hanyang Express
  • Tteokbokki After Midnight
  • Turning Thirty in Mapo

U: 4 names

  • Umbrella for Two
  • Under the Joseon Moon
  • Unsent
  • Until Your Discharge Day

V: 6 names

  • Verdict Day
  • Vice Chairman Bang Woo-seok
  • Vice Chairman Cha Seung-jae
  • Vice Chairman Do Hyun-seok
  • Vice Chairman Kang Jin-mo
  • Vice Chairman Ryu Ji-sang

W: 4 names

  • What the Snow Covered
  • Where the Magnolias Fall
  • Woo Da-jung
  • Woo Hyun-jae

Y: 15 names

  • Yaksok: The Promise We Kept
  • Yang Chil-gu
  • Yeouido in April
  • Yeouido Money Trail
  • Yoo Geun-bae
  • Yoo Jeom-rye
  • Yoon Jae-ha
  • Yoon Kyung-sook
  • Yoon Sam-ryong
  • Yoon Seo-ha
  • Young Master Cha Eun-gyeol
  • Young Master Do Ha-gyeol
  • Young Master Geum Si-on
  • Young Master Kang Yi-joon
  • Your Name in My Diary