Dae-sung (name)
| Dae-sung | |
| Hangul | 대성 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 大成, 大城, 大聲, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Dae-seong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taesŏng |
Dae-sung, also spelled Dae-seong, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 17 hanja with the reading "dae" and 27 hanja with the reading "sung" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1]
People
People with this name include:
Sportspeople
- Lee Dae-Sung (born 1958), South Korean-born American taekwondo practitioner
- Koo Dae-sung (born 1969), South Korean baseball player
- Kim Dae-sung (born 1972), South Korean football player
- Moon Dae-sung (born 1976), South Korean taekwondo practitioner
- Moon Dae-seong (born 1986), South Korean football player
- Ha Dae-sung (born 1985), South Korean football player
- Jin Dae-sung (born 1989), South Korean football player
- Kwak Dae-sung (born 1973), South Korean judo practitioner
Other
- Kim Daeseong (700–774), Silla minister under King Seongdeok
- Kang Daesung (born 1989), member of South Korean boy band Big Bang
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2014-04-15.
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