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This is a list of Korean given names, in Hangul alphabetical order. See Korean name § Given names for an explanation. ... Oh-seong 오성) Yo-han (요한 ...
A number of terms exist for Korean names. For the full name, seongmyeong (성명; 姓名) is commonly used. [4] This is a compound word; seong (성; 姓) refers to the surname, [5] and myeong (명; 名) to the given name. [6] The native Korean term ireum (이름) can be used to refer to either the full name or the given name. [7]
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. Between 2000 and 2010, a total of 844,615 people (about 1 in every 60 South Koreans) applied to change their names; 730,277 were approved.
Oh or O is a family name in Korea. It is written using the hanja characters, 吳, 五, 伍, 吾, and 晤. According to the 2015 census in South Korea, there were 763,281 people carrying the O surname.
For the given name, put a hyphen in only if the given name is exactly two Hangul characters. Do not assimilate the given name. No hyphen or space in the surname. Do not capitalize after the hyphen. For the surname, check the surname table below. If the surname is in the table, use the spelling given in the table.
Gi-ung or Ki-woong is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 68 hanja with the reading "gi" and two hanja with the reading "ung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names. [1] People with this name include:
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 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.