Craig in Korean 크레이그
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Craig as 크레이그: four syllables, said keu-re-i-geu. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Craig letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄹ between two vowels (크레) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
- 크 and 그 carry the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep them short and light, almost just the consonant.
- ㅋ at the start is aspirated: a clear puff of air, like the k in "kite".
- ㅇ at the top of 이 is silent, so 이 is just the vowel: i.
- Give all 4 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's keu-re-i-geu, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 4 syllables 크레이그 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 크레이그 or 크레이그 씨.
Why it's spelled 크레이그
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 크레이그, the same spelling Korean media use.
- The long a (as in "day") is spelled as two beats, 레이, because Korean writes each part of the diphthong.
- Korean adds the vowel ㅡ to consonants that have no vowel of their own (크 and 그), which is why Craig has 4 syllables in Korean.
Type Craig on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 크레이그 is the jamo ㅋㅡ ㄹㅔ ㅇㅣ ㄱㅡ, typed with the keys zm fp dl rm. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Craig in Korean?
Craig is written 크레이그 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: keureigeu). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has four syllables: 크 + 레 + 이 + 그.
How do you pronounce Craig in Korean?
Say it keu-re-i-geu, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ between two vowels (크레) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.