Korean Names
Korean names are used in South and North Korea. Note that depending on the Korean characters used these names can have many other meanings besides those listed here. See also about Korean names.
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214Sung-jin is a Korean given name. It is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 성진, which is also commonly romanized as Seong-jin. The name can be written with various combinations of hanja (Sino-Korean characte...
Sung-min (also spelled Seong-min) is an alternate transcription of the Korean given name Seong-min, written in Hangul as 성민. It is predominantly masculine. Etymology and Meaning The name combines Sino-Korean elements....
Sung-soo is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 성수 (Seong-su). It is a masculine given name in Korea, derived from a combination of Sino-Korean characters. The first element is usually seong (成), meaning "...
Sun-woo (Korean: 선우), also spelled Seon-u or Seon-woo, is a Korean name that can be used both as a surname and a given name. As a given name, it is often an alternate transcription of Seon-u, which is formed from Sino-...
Sun-young is a Korean female given name. An alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 선영, it is more commonly romanized as Seon-yeong or Seon-young. Etymology and Meaning The name is typically formed from Sino-Korea...
U-jin (Korean: 우진) is a Korean masculine given name. In Sino-Korean, it is composed of characters such as 宇 (u meaning "house, universe") or 佑 (u meaning "help, protect, bless") combined with 眞 (jin meaning "real, g...
Un-ju is an alternate transcription of the Korean female name Eun-ju. The name is typically written in Hangul as 은주. In standard Romanization, it is rendered as Eun-ju, but the variant form Un-ju reflects an older or a...
Woo-jin (우진) is a Korean given name. In 2008, it was the fifth most popular name for baby boys in South Korea, with 1,811 given the name that year. The name is an alternate transcription of Korean Hangul 우진, and its...
Ye-eun is a Korean female given name that is formed by combining Sino-Korean elements…One of the best-known bearers of this name is Park Ye-eun (born May 26, 1989), the South Korean singer, songwriter, and composer…Etymo...
Ye-jun is a Korean given name that ranks among the most popular names for boys in South Korea, rising to sixth place in 2009 and 2015. The name is typically composed of two Sino-Korean elements: ye (藝), meaning "art, ta...
Yeong (also spelled Young) is a Korean given name that can be used for both males, but is more commonly feminine. It is derived from Sino-Korean characters, primarily 英 (yeong), meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero". How...
Yeong-cheol (also spelled Young-chul or Yong-chol) is a Korean masculine given name. Its primary meaning is derived from Sino-Korean elements: 永 (yeong) meaning "perpetual, eternal" and 哲 (cheol) meaning "wise, sage."...
Yeong-gi is a Korean masculine given name. According to South Korean government data, it was the fourth-most popular name for baby boys born in 1940. The name is composed of two Sino-Korean syllables: yeong (영), which c...
Yeong-ho is a Korean masculine given name, typically composed of two Sino-Korean syllables. The first syllable yeong can be written with various hanja characters, including 英 meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero", 映 mea...
Yeong-hui is a Korean female given name, written in Hangul as 영희. It is one of the most common and traditional names for girls in Korea, especially associated with the mid-20th century. The name is composed of two syll...
Yeong-hwan is a Korean masculine given name. As is common in Korea, the name is formed from two syllables: Yeong and Hwan, each written with a particular hanja (Sino-Korean character). The two most common hanja used for...
Yeong-ja is a Korean female given name. As a compound name, it is composed of two Sino-Korean elements: yeong (英), which can mean "flower, petal, brave, hero," and ja (子), meaning "child." The combination can be writte...
Yeong-jin is a Korean given name, also transcribed as Young-jin. It was the sixth most popular name for South Korean male newborns in 1960, falling to tenth by 1970. The name is formed by combining Sino-Korean elements:...
Yeong-su is a Korean given name typically masculine but occasionally used for females. It is composed of two Sino-Korean syllables: 永 (yeong) meaning "perpetual, eternal" or other hanja with the sound yeong, and 壽 (pro...
Yeong-suk is a Korean female given name, typically written with two Sino-Korean syllables. The first syllable yeong (英) means "flower, petal, brave, hero," while the second syllable suk (淑) means "good, pure, virtuous,...
Yeon-u is a Korean unisex given name written with Sino-Korean characters. Its meaning varies depending on the hanja used. Common combinations include elements such as 妍 (yeon) meaning "beautiful" or 延 (yeon) meaning "s...
Yeon-woo is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul name 연우 (see Yeon-u). Like its root form, Yeon-woo is typically composed of two Sino-Korean syllables chosen for their auspicious meanings. The first element,...
Ye-won is a Korean feminine given name composed of two Sino-Korean syllables. The first syllable ye can be written with hanja characters such as 藝 (ye) meaning "art, talent, craft" or 睿 or 叡 (ye) meaning "shrewd, clev...
Yong is a unisex name used in both Chinese and Korean contexts, with diverse meanings depending on the characters chosen to write it. In Chinese, common characters include 勇 (yǒng) meaning "brave" or 永 (yǒng) meaning "...
OverviewYoung is a Korean feminine given name that serves as an alternate transcription of Yeong, typically written with the Hangul syllable 영 (yeong).Etymology and OriginsThe name stems from Chinese-derived Hanja chara...
Young-gi is an alternate transcription of the Korean given name written in Hangul as 영기, which corresponds more typically to the Romanization Yeong-gi. This variant Romanization—Young-gi, Young-ki, Young-kee, or Yong-g...
Young-hee is a Korean feminine given name. It is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 영희, which is typically romanized as Yeong-hui. The name was extremely popular in mid-20th-century South Korea, ranking th...
Young-ho is a Korean masculine given name. It is an alternate transcription of the Hangul 영호 (see Yeong-ho). The name was highly popular in South Korea during the mid-20th century: government data shows it ranked as th...
EtymologyYoung-ja is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul name 영자 (see Yeong-ja). The name is composed of Sino-Korean elements: 英 (yeong) meaning "flower, petal, brave, hero" and 子 (ja) meaning "child". Ho...
Young-soo is an alternate transcription of the Korean given name 영수, typically written in Yeong-su form according to the Revised Romanization system. The name is composed of Sino-Korean elements: 영 (yeong) meaning "pe...
Young-sook (also spelled Yeong-suk or Yong-suk) is a Korean given name. It is an alternate transcription of the Korean Hangul 영숙, which is typically derived from Sino-Korean characters: yeong (英) meaning "flower, peta...
Yu-jin (also romanized as Yoo-jin) is a common Korean given name that can be used for any gender, though its popularity has shown trends favoring one gender over time. It is typically formed by combining one Sino-Korean...
Yu-mi is a Korean feminine given name composed of two Sino-Korean morphemes. The first element, 유 (yoo), can be written with various hanja (Chinese characters used in Korean), one of the most common being 有 (yu) meanin...
Yun-seo (also spelled Yun-suh, Yoon-seo, or Yoon-suh) is a popular South Korean feminine given name. It originated as a Sino-Korean name, composed of two hanja (Chinese characters) that may be chosen in various combinati...