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This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. List Ga ...
A certain name written in Hangul can be a native Korean name, or a Sino-Korean name, or even both. For example, Bo-ram (보람) can not only be a native Korean name, [21] but can also be a Sino-Korean name (e.g. 寶濫). [22] In some cases, parents intend a dual meaning: both the meaning from a native Korean word and the meaning from Hanja.
Pages in category "Korean masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 281 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of the most popular given names in South Korea, by birth year and gender for various years in which data is available.. Aside from newborns being given newly popular names, many adults change their names as well, some in order to cast off birth names they feel are old-fashioned.
This is a list of Korean surnames, in Hangul alphabetical order. The most common Korean surname (particularly in South Korea) is Kim (김), followed by Lee (이) and Park (박). These three surnames are held by around half of the ethnic Korean population. This article uses the most recent South Korean statistics (currently 2015) as the basis.
Yi-soo, also spelled Yi-su or Lee-soo, is a Korean unisex given name.Its meaning depends on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 35 hanja with the reading "yi" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
A specimen of the identity information page of a South Korean passport, displaying the romanization of the bearer's name (Lee Suyeon) for international legibility. The romanization of Korean is the use of the Latin script to transcribe the Korean language. There are multiple romanization systems in common use.
For example, if they have a Korean name but are most widely known by their Russian name, use their romanized Russian name. If primarily known by their Korean name or for their affiliation with Korea, determine which row above is most appropriate for them and follow it. E.g. for a Zainichi Korean member of the North Korea–aligned Chongryon ...