Sang (Korean name)
| Sang | |
| Hangul | 상 |
|---|---|
| Hanja |
Family/given: Given name only: |
| Revised Romanization | Sang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sang |
Sang is a rare Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean unisex given name, and an element in many two-syllable Korean given names. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write it.
Family name
As a family name, Sang may be written with only one hanja, meaning "yet" or "still" 尙. This family name has one bon-gwan: Mokcheon-eup (목천읍), Cheonan, Chungcheongnam-do.[1] The 2000 South Korean census found 2,298 people with this family name.[2]
Given name
There are 35 hanja with the reading "sang" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names; common ones are listed in the table at right.[3]
People with the single-syllable Korean given name Sang include:
- Yi Sang (1910–1937), birth name Kim Haikyung, Korean writer of the Japanese colonial period
- Ku Sang (1919–2004), South Korean poet
- Chang Sang (born 1939), South Korean politician, country's first female prime minister
Two names beginning with this syllable were popular names for newborn South Korean boys in the mid-20th century: Sang-chul (10th place in 1950) and Sang-hoon (9th place in 1960 and 1970).[4] Names containing this syllable include:
See also
References
- ↑ "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean family names]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
- ↑ "성씨인구분포데이터" [Family name population and distribution data]. South Korea: National Statistics Office. Retrieved 2013-05-28.
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.