Stella in Korean 스텔라
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Stella as 스텔라: three syllables, said seu-tel-la. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Stella letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
The double ㄹ in 텔라 is a clear English l, as in "hello", not an r.
- 스 carries the filler vowel ㅡ (eu). Keep it short and light, almost just the consonant.
- Give all 3 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's seu-tel-la, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 스텔라 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 스텔라 or 스텔라 씨.
Why it's spelled 스텔라
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 스텔라, the same spelling Korean media use.
- An l between vowels is written twice (final ㄹ + ㄹ), so Koreans say a clear l instead of a tapped r.
- Korean adds the vowel ㅡ to consonants that have no vowel of their own (스), which is why Stella has 3 syllables in Korean.
Type Stella on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 스텔라 is the jamo ㅅㅡ ㅌㅔㄹ ㄹㅏ, typed with the keys tm xpf fk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Stella in Korean?
Stella is written 스텔라 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: seutella). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has three syllables: 스 + 텔 + 라.
How do you pronounce Stella in Korean?
Say it seu-tel-la, with even weight on every syllable. The double ㄹ in 텔라 is a clear English l, as in "hello", not an r.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.