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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).
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.
A memorial for the founder of the Gyeongju Yi clan. As with all Korean family names, the holders of the Yi surname are divided into patrilineal clans, or lineages, known in Korean as bon-gwan, based on their ancestral seat. Most such clans trace their lineage back to a specific founder, and are generally not related to one another.
As a family name, Ji may be written with either of two hanja, one meaning "wisdom" (), and the other meaning "pond" ().Each has one bon-gwan: for the family name meaning "wisdom", Pongju Village, Pongsan County, North Hwanghae in what is today North Korea, and for the family name meaning "pond", Chungju, Chungcheongbuk-do in what is today South Korea. [1]
Korean clans are groups of Korean people that share the same paternal ancestor. They are indicated by the combination of a bongwan (Korean: 본관; lit. place of origin) and a family name. [1] Korean clans distinguish clans that happen to share the same family name. The bongwan identifies descent groups by geographic place of origin. [2]
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The surname 許 / 许 Xǔ has multiple theories regarding its origin.. One of the more credible ones states that the surname Xu originated from the feudal state of Xu in the area of Xǔchāng, now known as Jian'an District in Xuchang City, [1] of present-day Henan, during the Zhou dynasty.
The Korean Government sent Yi Beom-yun, who was not part of the Imperial Korean Army, as a Jiandao observer to invade Jiandao in 1903. [8] In Jiandao, Yi established Sa-po dae, which was a militia consisting of both a righteous army, and Imperial Korean Army. This army fought against Japan during the Russo-Japanese War. [9]