Seung (Korean name)

Seung
Hangul
Hanja

: "ascend"
: "inherit"
: "victory"
: "ascend"

: "monk"
Revised Romanization Seung
McCune–Reischauer Sŭng

Seung is the Revised Romanisation spelling of an uncommon Korean family name, a single-syllable Korean given name, and a common element in two-syllable Korean given names. The meaning differs based on the hanja used.

As a surname

The 2000 South Korean census found 3,304 people with the surname Seung. There are two hanja which may be used to write the surname Seung: one meaning "inherit" (), and the other meaning "ascend" (). For the former, there are two bon-gwan, Yeonil and Gwangsan. For the latter, there are also two bon-gwan, Changpyeong and Namwon.[1]

Korean people with the surname Seung include:

In given names

There are 15 hanja with this reading on the South Korean government's official list of hanja which may be used in given names; the most common ones are listed in the table above.[2] One name beginning with this syllable, Seung-hyun, was the 10th-most common name for newborn boys in South Korea in 1990.[3] Names which begin with this syllable:

Names which end with this syllable:

People with the single-syllable given name Seung include:

See also

References

  1. "한국성씨일람" [List of Korean surnames]. Kyungpook National University. 2003-12-11. Retrieved 2013-10-30.
  2. "인명용 한자표" [Table of hanja for use in personal names] (PDF). South Korea: Supreme Court. p. 25. Retrieved 2013-10-17.
  3. "한국인이 가장 줗아하는 이름은 무엇일까?". babyname.co.kr. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
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