Santiago in Korean 산티아고
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Santiago as 산티아고: four syllables, said san-ti-a-go. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Santiago letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
- ㅇ at the top of 아 is silent, so 아 is just the vowel: a.
- Give all 4 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's san-ti-a-go, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 4 syllables 산티아고 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 산티아고 or 산티아고 씨.
Why it's spelled 산티아고
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 산티아고, the same spelling Korean media use.
- Korean writes Spanish names by their Spanish sound: vowels are read as written.
Type Santiago on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 산티아고 is the jamo ㅅㅏㄴ ㅌㅣ ㅇㅏ ㄱㅗ, typed with the keys tks xl dk rh. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Santiago in Korean?
Santiago is written 산티아고 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: santiago). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Spanish pronunciation. In Hangul it has four syllables: 산 + 티 + 아 + 고.
How do you pronounce Santiago in Korean?
Say it san-ti-a-go, with even weight on every syllable. ㅗ is a pure "o" with rounded lips. Don't add the w-glide English puts in "go".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.