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Korean language speakers in South Korea and North Korea, except in very intimate situations, use different honorifics depending on whether the other person's year of birth is one year or more older, or the same year, or one year or more younger. However, some Koreans feel that it is unreasonable to distinguish between the use of honorifics ...
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.
Kyung-hee, also spelled Kyong-hui or Gyong-hui, is a Korean unisex given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 25 hanja with the reading "hee" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1]
Whether you want your daughter’s name to reflect her Korean heritage or are simply looking to expand your horizons with name ideas, there are plenty of options when it comes to Korean girl names.
Mi-young, also spelled as Mee-young, Mi-yeong, and Mi-yong is a Korean feminine given name. It was the seventh-most popular name for newborn girls in South Korea in 1960, falling to tenth place by 1970.
Korean personal names. United States: Central Intelligence Agency. 1962. OCLC 453054. Price, Fiona (2007). "Chapter 6: Korean names". Success with Asian names: a practical guide for business and everyday life. Intercultural Press. ISBN 9781857883787
In the mid-20th century, various names containing this element were popular for newborn Korean girls, including: [2] [3] Jung-hee (4th place in 1950, 6th place in 1960) Kyung-hee (9th place in 1950, 3rd place in 1960) Soon-hee (8th place in 1940) Young-hee (3rd place in 1950, 9th place in 1960) Other names containing this element include:
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