Eugene in Korean 유진
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Eugene as 유진: two syllables, said yu-jin. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Eugene letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
Two even beats, yu-jin: 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 유진 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 유진이 왔어 ("Eugene's here").
유진 (Yu-jin) is also a popular Korean given name, so Koreans may assume you have a Korean name.
Why it's spelled 유진
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 유진, the same spelling Korean media use.
- The final e is silent. It only makes the vowel before it long.
Type Eugene on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 유진 is the jamo ㅇㅠ ㅈㅣㄴ, typed with the keys db wls. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Eugene in Korean?
Eugene is written 유진 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: yujin). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 유 + 진.
How do you pronounce Eugene in Korean?
Say it yu-jin, with even weight on every syllable. Two even beats, yu-jin: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.