[jordigh]

It's also kind of weird we call it by its (newer) Japanese name instead of weiqi.

[NhanH]

There was a reason for that though. Before the latter half of the 20th century Japanese go scene kind of dominated for several centuries (thanks to official shogun sponsor).

[hyperpape]

More importantly, until the past few decades, Japan did the majority of the go outreach in the West. That's changed a bit, and thanks to Korean influence, it's more common to hear people saying "baduk".

[kqr]

Weiqi is the transliteration we've arrived at now, but there have existed variants in the past. The Korean name Baduk is fairly unambiguous.