Jamie in Korean 제이미
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Jamie as 제이미: three syllables, said je-i-mi. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Jamie letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅈ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between ch and j.
- ㅇ at the top of 이 is silent, so 이 is just the vowel: i.
- Give all 3 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's je-i-mi, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 제이미 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 제이미 or 제이미 씨.
Why it's spelled 제이미
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 재미, but Korean media write 제이미, because the name is written the way it sounds, not the way it's spelled.
- The long a (as in "day") is spelled as two beats, 제이, because Korean writes each part of the diphthong.
Type Jamie on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 제이미 is the jamo ㅈㅔ ㅇㅣ ㅁㅣ, typed with the keys wp dl al. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Jamie in Korean?
Jamie is written 제이미 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: jeimi). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has three syllables: 제 + 이 + 미.
How do you pronounce Jamie in Korean?
Say it je-i-mi, with even weight on every syllable. ㅈ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between ch and j.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.