Jessica in Korean 제시카
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Jessica as 제시카: three syllables, said je-si-ka. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Jessica 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.
- Give all 3 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's je-si-ka, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 제시카 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 제시카 or 제시카 씨.
Why it's spelled 제시카
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 제시카, the same spelling Korean media use.
- Double letters count once. Hangul spells the sound, not the letters.
Type Jessica on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 제시카 is the jamo ㅈㅔ ㅅㅣ ㅋㅏ, typed with the keys wp tl zk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Jessica in Korean?
Jessica is written 제시카 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: jesika). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has three syllables: 제 + 시 + 카.
How do you pronounce Jessica in Korean?
Say it je-si-ka, 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.