Janet in Korean 재닛
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Janet as 재닛: two syllables, said jae-nit. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Janet letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
The final ㅅ in 닛 is unreleased: stop the sound (t) without a puff of air. It is a t sound here, not s.
- ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
- ㅈ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between ch and j.
- Two even beats, jae-nit: 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 재닛 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 재닛이 왔어 ("Janet's here").
Why it's spelled 재닛
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 재넷, but Korean media write 재닛, because the name is written the way it sounds, not the way it's spelled.
- A final t is written with ㅅ under the syllable. It's still said as a held t.
Type Janet on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 재닛 is the jamo ㅈㅐ ㄴㅣㅅ, typed with the keys wo slt. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Janet in Korean?
Janet is written 재닛 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: jaenit). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 재 + 닛.
How do you pronounce Janet in Korean?
Say it jae-nit, with even weight on every syllable. The final ㅅ in 닛 is unreleased: stop the sound (t) without a puff of air. It is a t sound here, not s.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.