Martha in Korean 마사
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Martha as 마사: two syllables, said ma-sa. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Martha letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
Two even beats, ma-sa: 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 마사 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 마사 or 마사 씨.
Why it's spelled 마사
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 마사, the same spelling Korean media use.
- Korean has no th, so th becomes ㅅ (s), the closest sound.
- An r after a vowel (before a consonant or at the end) isn't written. Korean spelling follows British-style pronunciation, where that r is silent.
Type Martha on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 마사 is the jamo ㅁㅏ ㅅㅏ, typed with the keys ak tk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Martha in Korean?
Martha is written 마사 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: masa). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 마 + 사.
How do you pronounce Martha in Korean?
Say it ma-sa, with even weight on every syllable. Two even beats, ma-sa: Korean doesn't stress one syllable over the other the way English does.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.