Siobhán in Korean 셔본
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Siobhán as 셔본: two syllables, said syeo-bon. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Siobhán 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".
- Two even beats, syeo-bon: 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 셔본 already sounds natural to Korean ears. In casual sentences Koreans often add 이 after a name that ends in a consonant: 셔본이 왔어 ("Siobhán's here").
Why it's spelled 셔본
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 시오브한, but Korean media write 셔본, because the name is written the way it sounds in Irish, not the way it's spelled.
- It is an Irish (Gaelic) name, and Irish spelling hides the sound: s before e or i is a sh sound, bh is a v or w sound and several vowels are silent. Korean writes what you hear, not the letters.
Type Siobhán on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 셔본 is the jamo ㅅㅕ ㅂㅗㄴ, typed with the keys tu qhs. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Siobhán in Korean?
Siobhán is written 셔본 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: syeobon). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the Irish pronunciation. In Hangul it has two syllables: 셔 + 본.
How do you pronounce Siobhán in Korean?
Say it syeo-bon, 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.