Matthew in Korean 매슈
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Matthew as 매슈: two syllables, said mae-syu. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Matthew letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
- Two even beats, mae-syu: 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 매슈 already sounds natural to Korean ears. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 매슈 or 매슈 씨.
Why it's spelled 매슈
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 매트휴, but Korean media write 매슈, because the name is written the way it sounds, not the way it's spelled.
- Korean has no th, so th becomes ㅅ (s), the closest sound.
- Double letters count once. Hangul spells the sound, not the letters.
Type Matthew on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 매슈 is the jamo ㅁㅐ ㅅㅠ, typed with the keys ao tb. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Matthew in Korean?
Matthew is written 매슈 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: maesyu). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 매 + 슈.
How do you pronounce Matthew in Korean?
Say it mae-syu, with even weight on every syllable. ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.