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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.
Kyung-soo, also spelled Kyoung-soo, is a Korean masculine given name.Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 54 hanja with the reading "kyung" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1]
Jun-seo, also spelled Joon-seo, or Joon-suh, Jun-suh, is a South Korean masculine given name. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 43 hanja with the reading "joon" [1] and 53 hanja with the reading "seo" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names.
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Si-woo, also spelled Shi-woo, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine. The meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 56 hanja with the reading "shi" [1] and 64 hanja with the reading "woo" [2] on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.
Anika is a German variant of Anna. Anna is most likely a variant of a Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "gracious" or "favoured", because in the Bible she was a sincere and merciful woman. Ultimately the name lost its initial 'h'.
Min-soo, also spelled Min-su, is a Korean unisex given name, predominantly masculine.Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "min" and 67 hanja with the reading "soo" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names. [1]
Yi-seul, also spelled I-seul or E-seul, is a Korean unisex given name.The word itself is a native Korean word meaning "dew" and does not have corresponding hanja.[1] [2] However, since Korean given names can be created arbitrarily, it may also be a name with hanja (e.g. 迆璱).