Michelle in Korean 미셸
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Michelle as 미셸: two syllables, said mi-syel. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Michelle letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㄹ at the bottom of 셸 is an l: the tongue touches just behind the teeth and stays there.
- Two even beats, mi-syel: 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 미셸 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 미셸이 왔어 ("Michelle's here").
Why it's spelled 미셸
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 미첼레, but Korean media write 미셸, because the name is written the way it sounds, not the way it's spelled.
Type Michelle on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 미셸 is the jamo ㅁㅣ ㅅㅖㄹ, typed with the keys al tPf. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Michelle in Korean?
Michelle is written 미셸 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: misyel). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 미 + 셸.
How do you pronounce Michelle in Korean?
Say it mi-syel, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ at the bottom of 셸 is an l: the tongue touches just behind the teeth and stays there.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.