Mary in Korean 메리
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Mary as 메리: two syllables, said me-ri. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Mary letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄹ between two vowels (메리) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
- Two even beats, me-ri: 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 메리 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 메리 or 메리 씨.
Why it's spelled 메리
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 마리, but Korean media write 메리, because the name is written the way it sounds, not the way it's spelled.
Type Mary on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 메리 is the jamo ㅁㅔ ㄹㅣ, typed with the keys ap fl. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Mary in Korean?
Mary is written 메리 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: meri). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 메 + 리.
How do you pronounce Mary in Korean?
Say it me-ri, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ between two vowels (메리) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.