Nicole in Korean 니콜
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Nicole as 니콜: two syllables, said ni-kol. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Nicole 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 콜 is an l: the tongue touches just behind the teeth and stays there.
- ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
- Two even beats, ni-kol: 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 니콜 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 니콜이 왔어 ("Nicole's here").
Why it's spelled 니콜
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 니콜, the same spelling Korean media use.
- The final e is silent. It only makes the vowel before it long.
Type Nicole on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 니콜 is the jamo ㄴㅣ ㅋㅗㄹ, typed with the keys sl zhf. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Nicole in Korean?
Nicole is written 니콜 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: nikol). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has two syllables: 니 + 콜.
How do you pronounce Nicole in Korean?
Say it ni-kol, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ at the bottom of 콜 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.