Virginia in Korean 버지니아
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Virginia as 버지니아: four syllables, said beo-ji-ni-a. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Virginia letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅓ (eo) in 버 is the open "uh" of "sun", not an "o".
- ㅂ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between p and b.
- 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 beo-ji-ni-a, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 4 syllables 버지니아 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 버지니아 or 버지니아 씨.
Why it's spelled 버지니아
Here the letters and the sound line up: applying the loanword rules letter by letter already gives 버지니아, the same spelling Korean media use.
- There is no v in Korean either: v becomes ㅂ (b).
- An r after a vowel (before a consonant or at the end) isn't written. Korean spelling follows British-style pronunciation, where that r is silent.
- The unstressed "uh" vowel is written ㅓ (eo), whatever letter English uses for it.
Type Virginia on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 버지니아 is the jamo ㅂㅓ ㅈㅣ ㄴㅣ ㅇㅏ, typed with the keys qj wl sl dk. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Virginia in Korean?
Virginia is written 버지니아 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: beojinia). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name. In Hangul it has four syllables: 버 + 지 + 니 + 아.
How do you pronounce Virginia in Korean?
Say it beo-ji-ni-a, with even weight on every syllable. ㅓ (eo) in 버 is the open "uh" of "sun", not an "o".
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.