Korean American Name Generator

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Get realistic names for Korean American characters and families, such as Eunice Ahn, Peter Min-ho Han and Young-sook Ahn. The list spans first-generation names in romanized Korean, English given names with Korean middle names, and the many spellings of Korean surnames.

About Korean American names

Korean American names carry two naming systems at once. The family name is Korean, and there are not many of them: Kim, Lee and Park alone cover nearly half of all Koreans. What varies is the spelling. The surname written Lee by one family is Yi or Rhee for another, and the same goes for Park and Pak, for Jung, Chung and Jeong, for Choi and Choe, and for Huh, Heo and Hur. A spelling was usually fixed when a family's papers were first written in English, and it stays with the family from then on.

Given names follow the generations. People who came as adults usually keep a two-syllable Korean name in Western order, such as Young-sook Ahn. Their children often have an English or biblical first name, such as Esther, Eunice, Joshua or Samuel, with a Korean name in the middle. The youngest generation shares the names of its classmates, Mia or Ethan, and may keep a Korean middle name too.

The list also has families from the first wave, who reached Hawaii from 1903 on, with older American given names and spellings such as Whang and Chun, along with hyphenated and blended family names.

How to choose Korean American names

  • Let the generation decide the form. A grandmother who immigrated as an adult is more likely to be a Young-sook or Myung-hee, her daughter an Esther or Christine, and her granddaughter a Mia or Hazel.
  • Keep one spelling of the surname for a whole family. Rhee, Lee and Yi are the same Korean name, but relatives share whichever form is on their papers.
  • A Korean middle name can be written with a hyphen or closed up, as in Peter Min-ho Han and Ryan Jaewon Huh. The list uses both, so choose one style for a character and stay with it.
  • For a Hawaii family descended from the arrivals of 1903 to 1905, older given names and older spellings fit well, as in Donald Whang or Dorothy Chun.
  • For a blended family, try a hyphenated surname such as Owen Lee-Anderson, or the Korean surname as a middle name, as in Emma Choi Peterson.

Frequently asked questions

What are common Korean American last names?

Kim, Lee and Park come first, as they do in Korea, followed by Choi, Chung or Jung, Kang, Cho, Yoon, Han and Shin. The list gives Kim, Lee and Park 20 entries each and spreads the rest over more than 100 other spellings of Korean surnames, from Ahn to Yun, so rarer names such as Maeng, Tak and Pyo turn up too.

Why are Lee, Yi and Rhee spelled differently?

They are English spellings of the same Korean surname. There was no single standard when most families first had their names written in the Latin alphabet, so each spelling stuck with the family that received it. The same is true of Park and Pak, Jung, Chung and Jeong, Choi and Choe, and Huh, Heo and Hur, which is why the list has names such as Kwang-sik Rhee, Helen Yi and Ethan Lee.

Do Korean Americans use Korean middle names?

Many do. A common pattern is an English first name for everyday use with a Korean given name in the middle, as in Peter Min-ho Han. Some families put the Korean name first instead, as in Soo-jin Catherine Yun, and many people have only one or the other.

Are these the names of real people?

The given names and surnames are ones Korean Americans really use, and they are paired by a script to make full names. With so few Korean surnames in use, common pairs will match living people by chance. The list leaves out the full names of well-known public figures that we know of.

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A: 26 names

  • Aaron Paek
  • Aaron Sung-min Ko
  • Abigail Ah-reum Im
  • Abigail Kwak
  • Abigail Lee
  • Abraham Jun-ho Kim
  • Agnes Moon
  • Agnes Sohn
  • Aiden Kang
  • Albert Jo
  • Albert Jun-ho Ko
  • Alex Bae
  • Alex Seo-jun Baek
  • Alice Ahn
  • Alice Chun
  • Alice Yoo-jin Han
  • Andrew Baik
  • Andrew Jin-woo Ha
  • Angela Yang
  • Angela Yeon-woo Chun
  • Arin Pak
  • Arthur Hahn
  • Asher Sul
  • Audrey Shin
  • Ava Heo
  • Ava Hye-won Chu

B: 7 names

  • Benjamin Hyun-woo Park
  • Benjamin Jee
  • Betty Whang
  • Bok-soon Yim
  • Bora Hahn
  • Brian Choe
  • Byung-chul Kee

C: 32 names

  • Caleb Chin
  • Caleb Lee
  • Caleb Min-seok Hwang
  • Camila Oh-Ramirez
  • Caroline Hye-won Park
  • Caroline Yu
  • Catherine Joo-hee Jeon
  • Catherine Minah Yun
  • Catherine Oh
  • Chang-ho Won
  • Chang-soo Kang
  • Charles Hyun-jin Chae
  • Charles Shim
  • Chloe Chae
  • Chloe Ji-won Heo
  • Christina Ji-eun Tak
  • Christina Shin
  • Christine Bo-ra Park
  • Christine Yim
  • Christopher Byun
  • Christopher Sang-woo Ha
  • Chul-soo Kil
  • Chun-ja Joo
  • Cindy Hye-won Chung
  • Cindy Shim
  • Claire Min-ji Sullivan
  • Claire Song
  • Clarence Pak
  • Connie Bo-ra Kwon
  • Connie Jisoo Roh
  • Connie Won
  • Connor Paik

D: 19 names

  • Da-hye Joanne Choi
  • Dae-ho Jin
  • Daniel Na
  • Daniel Rhee
  • Deborah Chu
  • Deborah Yeon-woo Do
  • Declan Kang-Walsh
  • Dennis Do
  • Dennis Do-yun An
  • Diana Cheon
  • Diana Ji-eun Ham
  • Diana Soomin Sim
  • Dominic Lim-Rossi
  • Donald Whang
  • Dong-hyun Daniel Chin
  • Dong-soo Yu
  • Dong-wook Ko
  • Dorothy Chun
  • Dylan Kim

E: 40 names

  • Edith Ahn
  • Edward Moon
  • Edwin Choi
  • Elaine Hyejin Mun
  • Elaine Min-ah Yoo
  • Elaine Ryu
  • Elena Ji-won Garcia
  • Elena Woo
  • Elijah Joon-young Kim
  • Elijah Park
  • Elijah Yang
  • Ellen Ah-reum Moon
  • Ellen Daeun Paek
  • Ellen Jin
  • Ellie Ji-soo Sohn
  • Ellie Yoo
  • Elliot Cho-Bennett
  • Elliot Suh
  • Emily Choe
  • Emma Choi Peterson
  • Emma Kwak
  • Eric Lim
  • Esther Choy
  • Esther Nam
  • Esther Yeon-woo Sung
  • Ethan Jae-min Park
  • Ethan Lee
  • Eugene Im
  • Eugene Tae-min Maeng
  • Eun-hee Hong
  • Eun-joo Bae
  • Eun-kyung Sohn
  • Eun-sook Im
  • Eun-young Rebecca Pak
  • Eunice Ahn
  • Eunice Yeon-woo Kook
  • Evan Lim
  • Ezra Lee
  • Ezra Pak
  • Ezra Youngjae Rhee

F: 5 names

  • Felix Park
  • Finn Hwang-Campbell
  • Fiona Jung-O'Connor
  • Florence Choy
  • Frances Yim

G: 11 names

  • Ga-eun Priscilla Moon
  • Gabriel Tae-min Reyes
  • Gideon Jun-seo Kim
  • Gideon Park
  • Gideon Seo
  • Gloria Chae
  • Gloria Hye-won Cho
  • Grace Byun
  • Grace Ji-soo Shim
  • Grace Shin O'Connor
  • Greta Ahn-Fischer

H: 26 names

  • Hae-sook Tak
  • Hana Pyun
  • Hannah Hahm
  • Hannah Haneul Tak
  • Hannah Ji-soo Joo
  • Harold Kim
  • Hazel Jeong
  • Hazel Kwon Bennett
  • Hee-chul Koh
  • Hee-sun Chin
  • Helen Bo-ra Chai
  • Helen Jang
  • Helen Ji-eun Youm
  • Helen Yi
  • Henry Han
  • Henry Han-Peterson
  • Henry Kyungmin Heo
  • Henry Seung-woo Shin
  • Henry Yim
  • Herbert Hong
  • Hye-jin Diana Lee
  • Hye-kyung Sung
  • Hyun-joo Seol
  • Hyun-sook Choi
  • Hyun-woo Alex Hur
  • Hyung-joon Ma

I: 15 names

  • Ian Hur
  • Ian Jang
  • In-soo Paek
  • In-sook Yoon
  • Irene Min-ah Hong
  • Irene Won
  • Isaac Hajoon Jo
  • Isaac Ra
  • Isabel Kwon-Reyes
  • Isaiah Jin-ho Han
  • Isaiah Lee
  • Isaiah Yun
  • Isla Hong
  • Isla Seo-yeon Murphy
  • Ivy Huh

J: 68 names

  • Jack Kang Murphy
  • Jacob Junho Shim
  • Jacob Kwon
  • Jacob Woo-jin Byun
  • Jae-ho Noh
  • Jae-hyun Joshua Kim
  • Jae-sung Park
  • James Jae-won Yi
  • James Kang
  • James Sungwoo Ji
  • Jamie Kwack
  • Jane Chung
  • Jane Na-yeon Lee
  • Janet Eunji Lee
  • Janet Joo-hee Jung
  • Janet Noh
  • Jason Jin-woo Jung
  • Jason Pak
  • Jayden Min
  • Jean Ye-jin Yoon
  • Jean Yi
  • Jeffrey Sim
  • Jeffrey Ye-jun Min
  • Jennifer Ko
  • Jennifer Na-yeon Pak
  • Jessica Myung
  • Jessica Yoo-jin Sun
  • Ji-ho Justin Chun
  • Ji-hoon Elijah Lee
  • Ji-young Rachel Lee
  • Jia Myung
  • Jin-ho Albert Uhm
  • Jin-soo Min
  • Jin-sook Kwack

J, continued

  • Jin-woo Joseph Kee
  • Jina Yoon
  • Joanne Bo-ra Kim
  • Joanne Hur
  • Joanne Lee
  • Joanne Yeeun Cha
  • John Roh
  • Jonah Moon-Carter
  • Jonathan Seo-jun Ki
  • Jonathan Sung
  • Jong-hyun Koo
  • Jong-soo Shinn
  • Joseph Hyun
  • Joseph Sang-woo Uhm
  • Joshua Ki-hoon Hahm
  • Joshua Seo
  • Josiah Kim
  • Josiah Young-jae Baek
  • Joyce Haeun Na
  • Joyce Woo
  • Judy Nayeon Kim
  • Judy Seol
  • Judy Yoo-jin Lee
  • Julian Cheon
  • Julian Seung-woo Walsh
  • Julie Bang
  • Jung-ah Whang
  • Jung-hee Huh
  • Jung-ho Shin
  • Jung-hoon Jin
  • Jung-sook Gil
  • Juno Kook
  • Justin Choi
  • Justin Dong-hyun Lee

K: 14 names

  • Kai Chung-Nguyen
  • Karen Hong
  • Kenneth Han
  • Kenneth Woo-jin Eom
  • Kevin Kang
  • Kevin Yejun Paik
  • Ki-tae Yun
  • Kwang-ho Pak
  • Kwang-sik Rhee
  • Kyung-hee Park
  • Kyung-ho Kwon
  • Kyung-ja Lim
  • Kyung-soo Jo
  • Kyung-sook Youm

L: 27 names

  • Lena Soo-ah Fischer
  • Leo Jo
  • Leo Ki-hoon Na
  • Leo Park Martinez
  • Liam Kyung-min Hyun
  • Liam Moon
  • Lily Joo-hee Cha
  • Lily Koh
  • Lily Yoon Anderson
  • Linda Eun-young Hur
  • Linda Son
  • Lisa Eun-young Yim
  • Lisa Gaeun Sun
  • Lisa Woo
  • Logan Cho
  • Logan Sung-woo Cheon
  • Lucas Do-yun Sul
  • Lucas Park-Hernandez
  • Lucas Yang
  • Lucy Jung
  • Luke Choo
  • Luke Jin-ho Youn
  • Luke Junseo Kim
  • Lydia Ah-reum Ku
  • Lydia Chung
  • Lydia Kim
  • Lydia Yuna Im

M: 49 names

  • Madison Jee
  • Madison Yi
  • Marcus Jae-won Carter
  • Margaret Hahn
  • Mark Dong-hyun Jung
  • Mark Huh
  • Mark Minjun Kee
  • Mary Kim
  • Mason Kyung-min Rhee
  • Mason Yoo
  • Mateo Ji-ho Ramirez
  • Mateo Song-Martinez
  • Matthew Doyun Oak
  • Matthew Jeong
  • Matthew Joon-ho Hahn
  • Max Paek
  • Maya Kim-Sullivan
  • Maya Shin
  • Mi-hee Chung
  • Mi-ja Byun
  • Mi-kyung Oh
  • Mi-ok Na
  • Mi-sook Nam
  • Mi-young Joo
  • Mia Eun-young Jun
  • Mia Oh
  • Micah Min-ho Park
  • Micah Noh
  • Michael Ha-joon Lee
  • Michael Hyunjin Whang
  • Michael Nam
  • Michelle Hong
  • Mildred Lee
  • Miles Chung Sullivan
  • Miles Lim
  • Min-ah Caroline Maeng
  • Min-seok Charles Park
  • Miriam Jung
  • Miriam Lee
  • Miriam Yoo-jin Won
  • Monica Choi
  • Monica Ji-eun Yoon
  • Monica Joo-hee Chi
  • Moses Rhee
  • Myung-hee Seong
  • Myung-ho Chi
  • Myung-ja Choo
  • Myung-soo Sim
  • Myung-sook Chun

N: 13 names

  • Nancy Ji-won Jeon
  • Nancy Na
  • Naomi Bo-ra Koo
  • Naomi Ki
  • Naomi Kim
  • Naomi Rhee-Johnson
  • Nathan Ma
  • Nathan Park
  • Nathan Ye-jun Suh
  • Noah Chung
  • Noah Jun-ho Bennett
  • Nora Byun
  • Nora Choi-Miller

O: 8 names

  • Ok-ja Chang
  • Ok-soon Sun
  • Oliver Noh
  • Olivia Ahn
  • Olivia Min-ah Pan
  • Owen Jeon
  • Owen Lee-Anderson
  • Owen Min-seok Jee

P: 12 names

  • Paul Hwang
  • Paul Ji-hoon Ra
  • Penelope Woo
  • Peter Min
  • Peter Min-ho Han
  • Philip Chae
  • Philip Chung
  • Philip Jihoon Hahn
  • Priscilla Kim
  • Priscilla Park
  • Priscilla Seong
  • Priscilla Ye-jin Choe

R: 23 names

  • Rachel Huh
  • Rachel Min-ah Yi
  • Rachel Ye-jin Ryu
  • Raymond Min-jun Paik
  • Raymond Suh
  • Rebecca Ji-soo Cho
  • Rebecca Park
  • Rebecca Yeeun Song
  • Rebecca Yeo
  • Richard Doh
  • Richard Rhee
  • Richard Si-woo Jang
  • Robert Kang
  • Rose Shinn
  • Roy Seung-woo Hong
  • Roy Uhm
  • Ruby Shin-Murphy
  • Ruth Ji-eun Hwang
  • Ruth Rhee
  • Ruth Suh
  • Ryan Hyun-woo Im
  • Ryan Jaewon Huh
  • Ryan Yeom

S: 59 names

  • Sadie Chae
  • Sadie Ha-eun Peterson
  • Samuel Hong Miller
  • Samuel Roh
  • Samuel Young-jae Oh
  • Sang-chul Han
  • Sang-hoon Park
  • Sang-min Ha
  • Sarah Eun-young Bang
  • Sarah Hyun
  • Sean Jang
  • Sean Seung-min Nam
  • Seo-hyun Ruth Yoon
  • Seo-jun Roy Lee
  • Seung-ho Bae
  • Seung-hwan Kim
  • Seung-min Benjamin Ban
  • Sharon Joo-hee Yu
  • Sharon Lim
  • Silas Ha
  • Silas Kim
  • Silas Sung-min Park
  • Simon Ha
  • Simon Ha-joon Lee
  • So-young Michelle Lee
  • Sofia Yoon-Garcia
  • Soo-ah Judy Eom
  • Soo-ah Tina Hwang
  • Soo-jin Catherine Yun
  • Soo-jin Julie Goo
  • Sook-ja Han
  • Soon-hee Roh
  • Soon-ja An
  • Sophia Na-yeon Son
  • Sophia Son
  • Stanley Min
  • Stella Ji-won Koh
  • Stella Kwak
  • Stella Sooah Park
  • Stephanie Na-yeon Kim
  • Stephanie Pyo
  • Stephen Cho
  • Stephen Sangwoo Chin
  • Stephen Sung-woo Gil
  • Steve Joonho Kim
  • Steve Kwon
  • Su-bin Irene Hyun
  • Sun-hee Park
  • Sun-young Jang
  • Sung-hee Ryu
  • Sung-ho Yim
  • Sung-jin Jang
  • Sung-min William Seo
  • Sung-woo Stephen Seol
  • Susan Gil
  • Susie Haeun Hong
  • Susie Ji-won Cho
  • Susie Paik
  • Sylvia Oak

T: 16 names

  • Tae-ho Koh
  • Tae-joon Nam
  • Tessa Bae-Thompson
  • Theo Cho
  • Theo Min-jun Campbell
  • Theo Si-woo Choi
  • Thomas Donghyun Yi
  • Thomas Hwang
  • Thomas Jae-hyun Kim
  • Timothy Joon-ho Chang
  • Timothy Park
  • Tina Ye-jin Jin
  • Titus Kim
  • Titus Tak
  • Tony Moon
  • Tony Tae-min Shin

V: 4 names

  • Victor Jeon
  • Victor Min-jun Lee
  • Violet Suh
  • Violet Yi

W: 8 names

  • Walter Park
  • Wesley Chang
  • Wilbert Chun
  • William Baek
  • William Ji-ho Seo
  • Winifred Kwon
  • Won-seok Cha
  • Woo-jin Eric Im

Y: 15 names

  • Ye-jun Henry Eun
  • Yeon-woo Helen Chi
  • Yong-ho Yoon
  • Yong-jin Bong
  • Yoo-jin Christina Joo
  • Yoon-hee Yeun
  • Young-chul Ok
  • Young-hee Bang
  • Young-ho Jee
  • Young-ja Song
  • Young-jae Josiah Kang
  • Young-min Hur
  • Young-soo Jeon
  • Young-sook Ahn
  • Yuna Kang

Z: 3 names

  • Zoe Ah-reum Jeong
  • Zoe Koo
  • Zoe Yeon-woo Thompson