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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
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.
In order to determine the Latin spelling of a real or fictional Korean person's name, follow these steps in order and stop when you reach a step that adequately gives a spelling for your situation. 1. Use common name Per WP:COMMONNAME, use whichever spelling and name for the person is widely used in English-language sources. This may be a name ...
The choice of name often depends on the language, whether the user is referring to either or both modern Korean countries, and even the user's political views on the Korean conflict. The name Korea is an exonym, derived from Goryeo or Koryŏ. Both North Korea and South Korea use the name in English.
[1] Caveats. To begin with, I have never been a huge fan of the idea of "Romanizing" Korean, and still am not: The practice does not help "foreigners" (i.e., non-Koreans) to better pronounce, assimilate, or understand the use of Hangul or the Korean language (강남 will still be mispronounced, whether written Kangnam or Gangnam).
Korean personal names, including all Korean surnames and most Korean given names, are based on Hanja and are generally written in it, although some exceptions exist. [5] On business cards, the use of Hanja is slowly fading away, with most older people displaying their names exclusively in Hanja while most of the younger generation using both ...
In other projects Wikidata item; ... There are the following lists of Korean names: List of Korean given names ... See also. Korean name; Category:Korean-language ...
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. In 2010, 552 men changed their name to Min-jun, and 1,401 women changed their name to Seo-yeon. [1]