How to write Kingston in Korean
킹스턴
- 킹king
- 스seu
- 턴teon
3 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 스 comes from.
Say it in Korean
제 이름은 킹스턴이에요.
Je ireumeun kingseuteon-ieyo. — My name is Kingston.
To be polite, Koreans add 씨 (ssi) after a name: 킹스턴 씨.