Alfie in Korean 앨피
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Alfie as 앨피: two syllables, said ael-pi. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Alfie letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄹ at the bottom of 앨 is an l: the tongue touches just behind the teeth and stays there.
- ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
- Two even beats, ael-pi: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables, so 앨피 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 앨피 or 앨피 씨.
Why it's spelled 앨피
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 앨피, the same spelling Korean media use.
- Korean has no f sound, so f becomes ㅍ (p), said with a puff of air.
Type Alfie on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 앨피 is the jamo ㅇㅐㄹ ㅍㅣ, typed with the keys dof vl. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Alfie in Korean?
Alfie is written 앨피 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: aelpi). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 앨 + 피.
How do you pronounce Alfie in Korean?
Say it ael-pi, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ at the bottom of 앨 is an l: the tongue touches just behind the teeth and stays there.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.