Kevin in Korean 케빈
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Kevin as 케빈: two syllables, said ke-bin. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Kevin letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅋ at the start is aspirated: a clear puff of air, like the k in "kite".
- Two even beats, ke-bin: 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 케빈 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 케빈이 왔어 ("Kevin's here").
Why it's spelled 케빈
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 케빈, the same spelling Korean media use.
- There is no v in Korean either: v becomes ㅂ (b).
Type Kevin on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 케빈 is the jamo ㅋㅔ ㅂㅣㄴ, typed with the keys zp qls. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Kevin in Korean?
Kevin is written 케빈 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: kebin). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 케 + 빈.
How do you pronounce Kevin in Korean?
Say it ke-bin, with even weight on every syllable. ㅋ at the start is aspirated: a clear puff of air, like the k in "kite".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.