Xavier in Korean 자비에
Korean media, baristas and the immigration office write Xavier as 자비에: three syllables, said ja-bi-e. Here's how it's built, how to say it, and what people will call you.
Xavier letter by letter
Each Hangul block is one syllable, built from a consonant, a vowel and sometimes a final consonant underneath.
ㅈ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between ch and j.
- ㅇ at the top of 에 is silent, so 에 is just the vowel: e.
- Give all 3 syllables the same weight. Korean has no strong stress, so it's ja-bi-e, evenly.
How Koreans would call you
Korean given names are almost always two syllables (after a one-syllable family name), so at 3 syllables 자비에 reads as a foreign name at a glance. With foreign names some Koreans skip 야 and just say 자비에 or 자비에 씨.
Why it's spelled 자비에
Spelled letter-by-letter you'd get 크새버, but Korean media write 자비에, because the name is written the way it sounds in French, not the way it's spelled.
- Korean writes French names the French way: the final consonant is silent.
Type Xavier on a Korean keyboard
On the standard two-set (두벌식) layout, 자비에 is the jamo ㅈㅏ ㅂㅣ ㅇㅔ, typed with the keys wk ql dp. Want to get fast at it? Try the Hangul Typing Test.
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Questions people ask
How do you write Xavier in Korean?
Xavier is written 자비에 in Hangul (Revised Romanization: jabie). It is the standard spelling Korean media use for the name and follows the French pronunciation. In Hangul it has three syllables: 자 + 비 + 에.
How do you pronounce Xavier in Korean?
Say it ja-bi-e, with even weight on every syllable. ㅈ at the start is soft and unvoiced, halfway between ch and j.
Spellings follow the National Institute of Korean Language loanword rules and common Korean media usage. Last checked: October 2026.