Guillaume in Korean 기욤
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Guillaume as 기욤: two syllables, said gi-yom. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Guillaume letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄱ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between k and g.
- ㅇ at the top of 욤 is silent, so 욤 is just the vowel: yom.
- Two even beats, gi-yom: 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 기욤 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 기욤이 왔어 ("Guillaume's here").
Why it's spelled 기욤
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 길롬, but Korean media write 기욤, because the name is written the way it sounds in French, not the way it's spelled.
- Korean writes French names the French way: ll is a y sound.
Type Guillaume on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 기욤 is the jamo ㄱㅣ ㅇㅛㅁ, typed with the keys rl dya. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Guillaume in Korean?
Guillaume is written 기욤 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: giyom). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the French pronunciation. In Hangul it has two syllables: 기 + 욤.
How do you pronounce Guillaume in Korean?
Say it gi-yom, with even weight on every syllable. ㄱ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between k and g.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.