How to write Frances in Korean
프랜시스
- 프peu
- 랜raen
- 시si
- 스seu
4 syllables · Spelled by the National Institute of Korean Language's rules for foreign names.
Why it sounds a little different
- Korean doesn't stack consonants, so a short “eu” (ㅡ) slips in — that's where 프·스 comes from.
- Korean has no F. It's written ㅍ (p), so the F in Frances comes out as a soft P.
- R and L share one letter, ㄹ — Korean doesn't tell them apart.
Say it in Korean
제 이름은 프랜시스예요.
Je ireumeun peuraensiseu-yeyo. — My name is Frances.
To be polite, Koreans add 씨 (ssi) after a name: 프랜시스 씨.