Justin in Korean 저스틴
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Justin as 저스틴: three syllables, said jeo-seu-tin. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Justin letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
스 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
- ㅓ (eo) in 저 is the open "uh" of "sun", not an "o".
- 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 jeo-seu-tin, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 저스틴 reads as a foreign name at a glance. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 저스틴이 왔어 ("Justin's here").
Why it's spelled 저스틴
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 저스틴, the same spelling Korean media use.
- The unstressed "uh" vowel is written ㅓ (eo), whatever letter English uses for it.
- Korean adds the vowel ㅡ to consonants that have no vowel of their own (스), which is why Justin has 3 syllables in Korean.
Type Justin on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 저스틴 is the jamo ㅈㅓ ㅅㅡ ㅌㅣㄴ, typed with the keys wj tm xls. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Justin in Korean?
Justin is written 저스틴 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: jeoseutin). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has three syllables: 저 + 스 + 틴.
How do you pronounce Justin in Korean?
Say it jeo-seu-tin, with even weight on every syllable. 스 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.