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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.
Pages in category "Korean masculine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 280 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Additionally, prominent Korean-American men with Korean names include "Maze Runner" actor Ki Hong Lee, Forever 21 founder Do Won Chang, video art pioneer Nam June Paik, "Train to Busan" actor Ma ...
The following is a list of notable Korean Americans, including original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. To be included in this list, the person must have a Wikipedia article showing they are Korean American or must have references showing they are Korean American and are notable.
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
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.
There are the following lists of Korean names: List of Korean given names; List of the most popular given names in South Korea; List of Korean surnames; See also
From the 1960s to the 1980s, a number of given names containing this morpheme were among the top ten most popular names for newborn boys in South Korea: [3] Ji-hoon, the only name among these which has remained in the top ten during the 1990s and 2000s [4] [5] Jung-hoon (10th place in 1960, 1st place in 1970, 3rd place in 1980)