Patrick in Korean 패트릭
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Patrick as 패트릭: three syllables, said pae-teu-rik. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Patrick 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 (트릭) is one quick tap of the tongue, like the tt in American "butter": closer to a soft d than an English r.
- 트 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
- The final ㄱ in 릭 is unreleased: stop the sound (k) without a puff of air.
- ㅐ (ae) is said like the e in "bed" by most Koreans today, a little more closed than the a in "cat".
- ㅍ at the start is aspirated: a clear puff of air, like the p in "pie".
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 패트릭 reads as a foreign name at a glance. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 패트릭이 왔어 ("Patrick's here").
Why it's spelled 패트릭
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 패트릭, the same spelling Korean media use.
- After a short vowel the final k tucks under the syllable as ㄱ, instead of getting its own syllable.
- Korean adds the vowel ㅡ to consonants that have no vowel of their own (트), which is why Patrick has 3 syllables in Korean.
Type Patrick on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 패트릭 is the jamo ㅍㅐ ㅌㅡ ㄹㅣㄱ, typed with the keys vo xm flr. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Patrick in Korean?
Patrick is written 패트릭 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: paeteurik). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has three syllables: 패 + 트 + 릭.
How do you pronounce Patrick in Korean?
Say it pae-teu-rik, with even weight on every syllable. ㄹ between two vowels (트릭) 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.