Sung-nam (name)
| Sung-nam | |
| Hangul | 성남 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 成男, 成南, 城南, and others |
| Revised Romanization | Seong-nam |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏngnam |
Sung-nam, also spelled Song-nam, is a Korean masculine given name. Its meaning differs based on the hanja used to write each syllable of the name. There are 27 hanja with the reading "Sung" and five hanja with the reading "nam" on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be registered for use in given names.[1] One pair of hanja used to write the name (成男) also correspond to a number of Japanese given names, including Shigeo and Naruo.[2]
People with this name include:
- Hong Song-nam (1929–2009), North Korean politician
- Kim Sung-nam (born 1954), South Korean footballer
- Lee Seong-nam (born 1977 as Denis Laktionov), naturalised South Korean footballer originally from Russia
- O Song-nam (born 1982), North Korean freestyle wrestler
- Ahn Sung-nam (born 1984), South Korean footballer
- Kim Song-nam, North Korean table tennis player
See also
References
- ↑ "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
- ↑ Breen, Jim (2011). Japanese Names Dictionary. Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
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